Plutarch's Life of Lucius Cornelius Sulla
By Plutarch (Rome)
The brilliant, dissolute patrician general who marched his legions on Rome, defeated Mithridates, instituted the bloody proscriptions, and retired quietly to his villa. Moral focus: Ruthless efficiency, fortunes favoritism, and the destruction of law.
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Lesson 1: The Decayed Patrician & The Golden Fortune
Term Reading 1 of 12 • Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Felix)
The Decayed Patrician & The Golden Fortune
Living in cheap lodgings among actors and singers; inheriting unexpected wealth and entering politics.
[Public Domain: Plutarch's Parallel Lives, translated by John Dryden / Thomas North.]
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Lesson 1: The Decayed Patrician & The Golden Fortune
Term Reading 1 of 12 • Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Felix)
Lesson 2: Capturing Jugurtha in the African Desert
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Lesson 3: The Social War & The Grass Crown
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Lesson 4: The First March on Rome
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Lesson 5: The Siege of Athens and the Piraeus
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Lesson 6: Chaeronea and Orchomenus
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Lesson 7: The Return to Italy: The Clashing Armies
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Lesson 8: The Battle of the Colline Gate
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Lesson 9: The Proscription Lists in the Forum
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Lesson 10: Dictator for the Restoration of the Commonwealth
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Lesson 11: The Abdication of Supreme Power
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Lesson 12: The Epitaph at the Villa in Puteoli
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