Marius & Sulla - Chronology Question
i have questions about the chronology of the mithridatic wars and how it intersects with marius and sulla's civil war. from my understanding:
- marius and sulla fight together in the social wars
- sulla is sent to fight mithridates
- marius takes over rome and takes the command away from sulla in terms of legislature
- sulla marches on rome
(this is where things get dicey for me)
-sulla puts forth reforms in the senate, makes himself dictator -sulla heads back to the front, ends mithridatic war with a pretty lenient truce -marius again takes over rome. marius dies, cinna is killed. ??? takes over? -somehow sulla regains the dictatorship -sulla comes back to rome and rules -sulla resigns
QUESTIONS:
-is this timeline correct? -when did pompey switch from marius to sulla? -when did the battle of the colline gate take place? -when did sulla sack athens? -when did sulla have his proscriptions carried out?
Posted Dec 10, 2025, 3:01 PM UTC
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