During the brutal dictatorship of Lucius Cornelius Sulla (82-79 B.C.), numerous “reforms” were imposed on Roman government institutions, intended to cement the control of the senatorial class and ...

In 88 B.C., Lucius Cornelius Sulla had also marched on Rome, the first time in the republic’s 400-year history that anyone had dared to break the sacred prohibition.

Bookshelf ‘The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome’ Review: The Road From Ruin The useful tale of the Roman world’s collapse and defeat has lasted longer than any empire.