The Proscriptions

The dictatorship of sula is truly nightmarish. It causes this horrible, murderous chaos where most of the people who are killed are killed not because they're on the lis, but because people want their property. And it's so chaotic, people can just kind of get away with murdering people. Here's how it was described by the ancient historian plutarch. Lists of proscribed people were posted not only in rome, but in every city in italy. There was nowhere that remained free from the stain of bloodshed. No god's temple, no guest friend's hearth, no family home. Only a tiny proportion of the dead were killed because they had angered or made