Lucius Cornelius Sulla

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Roman general Roman statesman dictator of the Roman Republic human

Lucius Cornelius Sulla was a Roman general and statesman who became dictator, known for his civil war victory, constitutional reforms, and infamous proscriptions.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman general ⓘ Roman statesman ⓘ dictator of the Roman Republic ⓘ human ⓘ
birthName	Lucius Cornelius Sulla self-link ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
child	Cornelia Postuma ⓘ Faustus Cornelius Sulla ⓘ
cognomen	Lucius Cornelius Sulla self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sulla
consulshipYear	-0080 ⓘ -0088 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Republic ⓘ
dateOfBirth	-0138-01-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	-0078-01-01 ⓘ
dictatorshipEndYear	-0079 ⓘ
dictatorshipStartYear	-0082 ⓘ
era	Late Roman Republic ⓘ
familyName	Cornelius ⓘ
givenName	Lucius ⓘ
implementedReform	expansion of the Roman Senate ⓘ reorganization of the courts (quaestiones perpetuae) ⓘ restriction of the powers of the tribunes of the plebs ⓘ strengthening of senatorial control over magistracies ⓘ
introducedPractice	large-scale political proscriptions ⓘ
knownFor	constitutional reforms strengthening the Roman Senate ⓘ instituting proscriptions against political enemies ⓘ marching his army on Rome ⓘ victory in the first Roman civil war against Gaius Marius and his supporters ⓘ
languageSpoken	Latin ⓘ
memberOf	gens Cornelia ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Chaeronea (First Mithridatic War) ⓘ Battle of Orchomenus ⓘ Battle of the Colline Gate ⓘ
occupation	military commander ⓘ politician ⓘ
opponent	Gaius Marius ⓘ Gnaeus Papirius Carbo ⓘ Lucius Cornelius Cinna ⓘ Mithridates VI Eupator ⓘ surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
participatedIn	First Mithridatic War ⓘ Social War ⓘ Sullan civil war ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Rome ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Puteoli ⓘ
positionHeld	Roman consul ⓘ dictator of Rome ⓘ praetor ⓘ proconsul ⓘ propraetor ⓘ quaestor ⓘ
religion	Roman polytheism ⓘ
resignedOffice	dictatorship ⓘ
retiredTo	Puteoli ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Aelia ⓘ Caecilia Metella Dalmatica ⓘ Cloelia ⓘ Ilia (first wife) ⓘ Valeria ⓘ