Sulla’s First Civil War

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Sulla’s First Civil War was a Roman internal conflict (88–87 BCE) in which the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla marched on Rome and fought his political rivals, marking a key step in the Republic’s collapse into recurring civil wars.

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instanceOf Roman civil war
civil war
internal conflict
alsoKnownAs Sulla’s First Civil War
surface form: First Sullan Civil War
cause conflict over command of the First Mithridatic War
power struggle between optimates and populares
tribunician legislation transferring Mithridatic command from Sulla to Marius
combatant Roman forces loyal to Marius and Cinna
Roman senatorial forces loyal to Sulla
conflictType political and military conflict
endDate 87 BCE
followedBy Sulla’s Second Civil War
hasCommander Gaius Marius
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Quintus Sertorius
historicalEra Late Roman Republic
surface form: late Roman Republic
mainBelligerent Gaius Marius
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
namedAfter Lucius Cornelius Sulla
notableEvent Sulla’s first march on Rome
Sulla’s occupation of Rome
proscription and exile of Marian leaders
repeal of Sullan measures by Cinna and Marius after Sulla’s departure
opponentOf Marian and Cinnan forces
Sulla’s forces
partOf crisis of the Roman Republic
place Italy
Roman Republic
Rome
politicalFaction optimates
populares
precededBy Social War
relatedTo First Mithridatic War
Roman Republic
Sulla’s dictatorship
result establishment of Sulla’s control over the Roman state
seizure of Rome by Sulla
temporary exile of Gaius Marius
victory of Sulla and his supporters
significance contributed to the collapse of the Roman Republic
marked the first time a Roman commander marched his army on Rome
set precedent for later Roman civil wars
undermined traditional Republican norms and institutions
startDate 88 BCE
timePeriod 1st century BCE

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Social War relatedConflict Sulla’s First Civil War
optimates relatedConflict Sulla’s First Civil War
subject surface form: Optimates
this entity surface form: Sulla's civil wars
Late Roman Republic hasMajorEvent Sulla’s First Civil War
this entity surface form: Sulla’s civil wars
Late Roman Republic conflict Sulla’s First Civil War
Italian War followedBy Sulla’s First Civil War
Sulla’s First Civil War alsoKnownAs Sulla’s First Civil War
this entity surface form: First Sullan Civil War
Optimates influencedEvent Sulla’s First Civil War
this entity surface form: Sulla's civil wars
Quintus Lutatius Catulus conflict Sulla’s First Civil War
Sulla’s Second Civil War hasPrecedingEvent Sulla’s First Civil War
this entity surface form: Sulla’s First March on Rome
Sullan civil war alsoKnownAs Sulla’s First Civil War
this entity surface form: First Sullan civil war