Episode III.27 - Sulla
from The Western Traditions Podcast Hosted by Robert Paxton
The Roman Republic enters the last century before Christ weakened not only by external warfare but also by internal struggles. Marcus Livius Drusus, after proposing some radical changes is assassinated. Yet Rome survives the Social War, the war with Mithridates and the First Civil War all in succession. Marius serves his last consulship. His former lieutenant, Sulla, seizes power and restores Roman solidity briefly before dying himself. We are introduced to names like Pompey, Crassus and Julius Caesar.
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