HIST 2090 Lecture : Cinna, Cicero, Crassus
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Marius called back to rome by politicians to help nullify sulla: marius takes the city and kills the followers of sulla declared an outlaw (sulla"s war against mithridates becomes illegal", marius gets 7th consulship in 86 b. c. By putting it up publicly, getting the larger political body involved. Altogether 200 senators and 600 equitates wiped out. Senate had increased beyond the number of 300. After sulla"s purges there were 150 senators, then adds 450 members. Decision to make war needed to be by rome. Dies in 77 b. c: rome has had a few years of political stability at an extremely high price. Memories of sulla and marius to be brought up in the future by other powerful men use of their memories for exploitation. After sulla"s death there are some movements to repeal some of sulla"s laws men given special commands (ex.