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Sulla was Rome's deadliest general.

He almost had young Julius Caesar executed.

But thousands loved Sulla, too.

9 keys to Sulla's effectiveness, that can make you just as deadly:
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Bruce Wayne 2y ago

Brief bio:

Born in 138 B.C. into an obscure branch of a noble Roman clan,

Sulla rose from humble beginnings to be Praetor, Consul (2x), Dictator.

He is most famous for winning the First Roman Civil War

Then slaughtering his defeated foes to punish them (w/ "Proscriptions").

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Bruce Wayne 2y ago

Sulla launched the careers of other great Romans of the younger generation: Crassus, Pompey, Catiline, Lucullus.

His mortal enemy was the great Gaius Marius. Their feud caused the Civil War.

But his first post was as Quaestor in Numidia, under Marius. They got along well!