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Sulla, Lucius Cornelius (surnamed Felix) (138-78 B.C.). A Roman general and statesman. Sulla was appointed dictator in 82, an office which he held until 79 B.C. In 81, came the period of the proscriptions and the attempt to destroy the Marian party. His dictatorship attempted to restore the power of the senate and the aristocracy.
Arthur Mayer Wolfson, Essentials in Ancient History (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, 1902) 364. (Sulla, Vatican, Rome.)
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