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Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Sulla Glyptothek Munich 309.jpg
Apparent bust of Sulla in the Munich Glyptothek
Dictator of the Roman Republic
In office
82 or 81 BC – 81 BC
Precedit bi Gaius Servilius Geminus in 202 BC
Succeedit bi Gaius Julius Caesar in 49 BC
Consul of the Roman Republic
In office
88 BC – 88 BC
Precedit bi Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo and Lucius Porcius Cato
Succeedit bi Lucius Cornelius Cinna and Gnaeus Octavius
Consul of the Roman Republic
In office
80 BC – 80 BC
Precedit bi Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella and Marcus Tullius Decula
Succeedit bi Appius Claudius Pulcher and Publius Servilius Vatia
Personal details
Born c. 138 BC
Rome, Roman Republic
Died 78 BC (aged c. 60)
Puteoli, Roman Republic
Poleetical pairty Optimate
Spoose(s) first wife Julia Caesaris, second wife Aelia, third wife Cloelia, fourth wife Caecilia Metella, fifth wife Valeria
Bairns Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Cornelia, Faustus Cornelius Sulla, Cornelia Fausta, Cornelia Postuma
Releegion Roman Paganism

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix[1] (/ˈsʌlə/; c. 138 BC – 78 BC), kent commonly as Sulla, wis a Roman general an statesman.

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  1. L•CORNELIVS•L•F•P•N•SVLLA•FELIX in Laitin inscriptions, the meanin in Scots is "Lucius Cornelius Sulla, son o Lucius, grandson o Publius, the Fortunate." His agnomen Felix — the fortunate — wis attained later in life, as the Laitin equivalent o the Greek nickname he haed acquired during his campaigns, ἐπαφρόδιτος epaphroditos, beloved-o-Aphrodite or (tae Romans who read Sulla's Greek teetle) Venus — due tae his skill an luck as a general.