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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Christianity in Roman Achaea, Historians of Roman Achaea, Roman Athens, Roman Corinth, Roman Olympia, Roman governors of Achaea, Plutarch, Polybius, Luke the Evangelist, Servius Sulpicius Rufus, Lucius Mummius Achaicus, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Fulvia, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus, Achaean League, Arch of Hadrian, Aspasia Annia Regilla, Herodes Atticus, Piraeus Lion, Atticus Bradua, Battle of Chaeronea, Peregrinus, Thespiae, Philopappos Monument, Tower of the Winds, Gaius Scribonius Curio, Battle of Orchomenus, Junius Annaeus Gallio, Sextus of Chaeronea, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Aristion, Battle of Corinth, Helvidius Priscus, Koinon of Free Laconians, Polemon of Laodicea, Hadrian's Library, Panhellenion, Apellicon of Teos, Theagenes of Patras, Publius Memmius Regulus, Damon of Thessalonica, Odeon of Agrippa, Alagonia, Epidotes, Boios, Herophon, Heraclides, Gate of Athena Archegetis, East Propylon. Excerpt: Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (c. 138 BC - 78 BC), known commonly as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. He had the rare distinction of holding the office of consul twice, as well as that of dictator. He was one of the canonical great men of Roman history, included in the biographical collections of leading generals and politicians, originating in the biographical compendium of famous Romans, published by Marcus Terentius Varro. In Plutarch's Sulla, in the famous series - Parallel Lives, Sulla is paired with the Spartan general and strategist Lysander. Sulla's dictatorship came during a high point in the struggle between optimates and populares, the former seeking to maintain the power of the oligarchy in the form of the Senate while the latter resorted in many cases to naked populism, culminating in Caesar's dictatorship. Sulla was a highly original, gifted and skillful general, never losing a battle; he rem...
