Ancient Rome XIX - The Wars and Dictatorship of Lucius Sulla

This is the nineteenth of many chapters in History with a Twist of Lime's look on "The Historical History of Ancient Rome." This chapter chronicles the events that flourished all because of the rivalry between Gaius Marius and Lucius Sulla. The Italian Allies revolted in the hopes to gain full Roman citizenship, marking what's known as the Social War (91-89 BC, not to be confused with the Greek Social War in the fourth century BC). While the Romans squashed the revolt, especially with the command of Sulla, laws were passed to give the allies citizenship nonetheless. Soon, Rome declared war on Mithridates VI of Pontus (88-85 BC), where Sulla was snubbed for lead command, and became the first to take Rome by force. This turned into an open civil war between the optimates, led by Sulla, and the populares, led by Marius and Cinna, but the populare leadership would die out, allowing Sulla to march in and become dictator. His example would show how easy it was to take Rome with a loyal army, and inspire later generals to do the same as the Republic slowly came to an end.

As this is one of many chapters being produced over this project, I would invite you to watch the other chapters dealing with the history of Ancient Rome. They can be viewed seamlessly under this playlist on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtseWnNmHqg&feature=PlayList&p=AF3D846...

References:

Cavazzi, Franco. "The Early Roman Republic." Illustrated History of the Roman Empire. 19 June 2008. http://www.roman-empire.net/republic/earlyrep-index.html

Kidney, Frank L., et al. "Making Europe: People, Politics, and Culture." Vol. 1. Houghton Mifflin, 2009.

Mackey, Christopher S. "Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History." Cambridge University Press, 2004.

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[Grant12345331]

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