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<p>[QUOTE="Bing, post: 1642603, member: 44132"]Another of my latest Roman Republican acquisitions:</p><p><br /></p><p>L CORNELIUS SULLA & L MALIUS AR Denarius</p><p>OBV: Helmeted head of Roma right, L MANLI PROQ</p><p>REV: Triumphator in quadriga right, crowned by Victory, L SVLLA IMP in ex.</p><p>Struck at Rome</p><p>Cr367/5; Cornelia39</p><p>[ATTACH]236991.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]236992.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Historical Background</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]236996.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix </b>(c. 138 BC – 78 BC), known commonly as <b>Sulla</b>, was a Roman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General" rel="nofollow">general</a> and <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/statesman" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/statesman" rel="nofollow">statesman</a>. He had the distinction of holding the office of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_consul" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_consul" rel="nofollow"><i>consul</i></a> twice, as well as that of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dictator" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dictator" rel="nofollow">dictator</a>. His life was habitually included in the ancient biographical collections of leading generals and politicians, originating in the biographical compendium of famous Romans, published by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Terentius_Varro" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Terentius_Varro" rel="nofollow">Marcus Terentius Varro</a>. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch" rel="nofollow">Plutarch</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Lives" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Lives" rel="nofollow"><i>Parallel Lives</i></a> Sulla is paired with the Spartan general and strategist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander" rel="nofollow">Lysander</a>.</p><p>Sulla's dictatorship came during a high point in the struggle between <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimates" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimates" rel="nofollow">optimates</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populares" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populares" rel="nofollow">populares</a>. The former sought to maintain the traditional oligarchic structure of power in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic" rel="nofollow">Republic</a>, while the latter challenged the existing order, with the avowed aim of increasing the influence of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebs" rel="nofollow">plebs</a>. Sulla was a gifted and skilful general and won many victories against barbarians - and also against fellow Romans and Italians. One of his rivals, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnaeus_Papirius_Carbo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnaeus_Papirius_Carbo" rel="nofollow">Gnaeus Papirius Carbo</a>, described Sulla as having the cunning of a fox and the courage of a lion - but that it was the former attribute that was by far the most dangerous.</p><p>Sulla used his armies to march on Rome <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulla%27s_civil_wars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulla%27s_civil_wars" rel="nofollow">twice</a>, and after the second he revived the office of dictator, which had not been used since the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Punic_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Punic_War" rel="nofollow">Second Punic War</a> over a century before. He used his powers to enact a series of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Reforms_of_Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Reforms_of_Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla" rel="nofollow">reforms to the Roman constitution</a>, meant to restore the balance of power between the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Senate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Senate" rel="nofollow">Senate</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune#Plebeian_tribune" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune#Plebeian_tribune" rel="nofollow">tribunes</a>; he then stunned the Roman World (and posterity) by resigning the dictatorship, restoring constitutional government, and after his second Consulship, retiring to private life.</p><p>[h=1][/h][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bing, post: 1642603, member: 44132"]Another of my latest Roman Republican acquisitions: L CORNELIUS SULLA & L MALIUS AR Denarius OBV: Helmeted head of Roma right, L MANLI PROQ REV: Triumphator in quadriga right, crowned by Victory, L SVLLA IMP in ex. Struck at Rome Cr367/5; Cornelia39 [ATTACH]236991.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]236992.vB[/ATTACH] Historical Background [ATTACH]236996.vB[/ATTACH] [B]Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix [/B](c. 138 BC – 78 BC), known commonly as [B]Sulla[/B], was a Roman [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General"]general[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/statesman"]statesman[/URL]. He had the distinction of holding the office of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_consul"][I]consul[/I][/URL] twice, as well as that of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dictator"]dictator[/URL]. His life was habitually included in the ancient biographical collections of leading generals and politicians, originating in the biographical compendium of famous Romans, published by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Terentius_Varro"]Marcus Terentius Varro[/URL]. In [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch"]Plutarch[/URL]'s [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Lives"][I]Parallel Lives[/I][/URL] Sulla is paired with the Spartan general and strategist [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander"]Lysander[/URL]. Sulla's dictatorship came during a high point in the struggle between [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimates"]optimates[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populares"]populares[/URL]. The former sought to maintain the traditional oligarchic structure of power in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic"]Republic[/URL], while the latter challenged the existing order, with the avowed aim of increasing the influence of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebs"]plebs[/URL]. Sulla was a gifted and skilful general and won many victories against barbarians - and also against fellow Romans and Italians. One of his rivals, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnaeus_Papirius_Carbo"]Gnaeus Papirius Carbo[/URL], described Sulla as having the cunning of a fox and the courage of a lion - but that it was the former attribute that was by far the most dangerous. Sulla used his armies to march on Rome [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulla%27s_civil_wars"]twice[/URL], and after the second he revived the office of dictator, which had not been used since the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Punic_War"]Second Punic War[/URL] over a century before. He used his powers to enact a series of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Reforms_of_Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla"]reforms to the Roman constitution[/URL], meant to restore the balance of power between the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Senate"]Senate[/URL] and the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune#Plebeian_tribune"]tribunes[/URL]; he then stunned the Roman World (and posterity) by resigning the dictatorship, restoring constitutional government, and after his second Consulship, retiring to private life. [h=1][/h][/QUOTE]
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