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Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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Sulla's Marches on Rome, Dictatorship, and Constitutional Reforms (88–79 BCE)

Sulla's Marches on Rome, Dictatorship, and Constitutional Reforms (88–79 BCE)

  1. Sulla’s command transferred to Marius

    Labels: Lucius Sulla, Gaius Marius, P Sulpicius

  2. Sulla’s first march on Rome

    Labels: Lucius Sulla, Rome, Roman legions

  3. Marius and Sulpicius declared public enemies

    Labels: Gaius Marius, P Sulpicius, hostes

  4. Sulla departs for the First Mithridatic War

    Labels: Lucius Sulla, First Mithridatic, Mithridates VI

  5. Peace of Dardanus ends major eastern fighting

    Labels: Peace of, Mithridates VI, Lucius Sulla

  6. Sulla returns to Italy and lands at Brundisium

    Labels: Lucius Sulla, Brundisium, Roman army

  7. Sullan victory at Sacriportus; Praeneste besieged

    Labels: Battle of, Gaius Marius, Praeneste

  8. Indecisive clash with Carbo at Clusium

    Labels: Gnaeus Carbo, Clusium, Lucius Sulla

  9. Sullan allies win at Faventia

    Labels: Q Caecilius, Faventia, C Norbanus

  10. Decisive Battle of the Colline Gate

    Labels: Battle of, Lucius Sulla, Samnites

  11. Proscriptions launched after Sullan victory

    Labels: Proscriptions, Lucius Sulla, Veterans

  12. Lex Valeria makes Sulla dictator for reform

    Labels: Lex Valeria, Dictatorship, Lucius Sulla

  13. Major constitutional program enacted

    Labels: Senate, Tribunate, Sullan reforms

  14. Sulla resigns dictatorship and withdraws from politics

    Labels: Lucius Sulla, Campania, Dictatorship resignation