Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix[1] (/ˈsʌlə/; c. 138 BC – 78 BC), kent commonly as Sulla, wis a Roman general an statesman.
Lucius Cornelius Sulla | |
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 Apparent bust o Sulla in the Munich Glyptothek | |
| Dictator o the Roman Republic | |
| In office 82 or 81 BC – 81 BC | |
| Precedit bi | Gaius Servilius Geminus in 202 BC |
| Succeedit bi | Gaius Julius Caesar in 49 BC |
| Consul o the Roman Republic | |
| In office 88 BC – 88 BC | |
| Precedit bi | Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo an Lucius Porcius Cato |
| Succeedit bi | Lucius Cornelius Cinna an Gnaeus Octavius |
| Consul o the Roman Republic | |
| In office 80 BC – 80 BC | |
| Precedit bi | Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella an Marcus Tullius Decula |
| Succeedit bi | Appius Claudius Pulcher an Publius Servilius Vatia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 138 BC Roum, Roman Republic |
| Dee'd | 78 BC (aged c. 60) Puteoli, Roman Republic |
| Poleetical pairty | Optimate |
| Spoose(s) | first wife Julia Caesaris, seicont wife Aelia, third wife Cloelia, fowert wife Caecilia Metella, fift wife Valeria |
| Bairns | Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Cornelia, Faustus Cornelius Sulla, Cornelia Fausta, Cornelia Postuma |
| Religion | Roman Paganism |
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ L•CORNELIVS•L•F•P•N•SVLLA•FELIX in Laitin inscriptions, the meanin in Scots is "Lucius Cornelius Sulla, son o Lucius, grandson o Publius, the Fortunate." His agnomen Felix — the fortunate — wis attained later in life, as the Laitin equivalent o the Greek nickname he haed acquired during his campaigns, ἐπαφρόδιτος epaphroditos, beloved-o-Aphrodite or (tae Romans who read Sulla's Greek teetle) Venus — due tae his skill an luck as a general.