Sulla's civil war

Sulla's civil war
	Part of the Crisis of the Roman Republic
Date	83–82 BC; Marian resistance in Hispania not completely quelled until 72 BC
Location	Italia, Sicily, Africa
Result	Sullan victory
Belligerents
Sullans	Marians
Commanders and leaders
Lucius Sulla; Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius; Pompey; Marcus Licinius Crassus; Marcus Lucullus; Gn. Cornelius Dolabella; Marcus Aemilius Lepidus	Gn. Papirius Carbo †; Gaius Norbanus †; Gaius Marius †; Scipio Asiaticus; Gaius Carrinas †; G. Marcius Censorinus †; L. Junius Damasippus †; Quintus Sertorius; Pontius Telesinus †; Marcus Lamponius
Strength
c. 30,000 men in 83 BC, massively increased by enemy desertions	Over 100,000 men

Sulla's civil war was fought between the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla and his opponents, the Cinna-Marius faction (usually called the Marians or the Cinnans after their former leaders Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna), in the years 83–82 BC. The war ended with a decisive battle just outside Rome itself. After the war the victorious Sulla made himself dictator of the Roman Republic.

^ Brunt 1971, p. 441.
^ Brunt 1971, pp. 442–445.

[FOOTNOTEBrunt1971441-1] Brunt 1971, p. 441.

[FOOTNOTEBrunt1971442–445-2] Brunt 1971, pp. 442–445.

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