Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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Lucius Cornelius Sulla[Note 1] (c. 138 BC – 78 BC), usually called Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. He was a praetor (a commander of an army) in 97 BC.[1] He was the only man in history to have attacked and kept both Athens and Rome.
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- ↑ Keaveney, Arthur, Sulla: The Last Republican, Routledge; 2 edition (June 23, 2005). ISBN 978-0-415-33660-4.
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- ↑ L•CORNELIVS•L•F•P•N•SVLLA•FELIX is his name in Latin; In English, it means "Lucius Cornelius Sulla, son of Lucius, grandson of Publius, the lucky".