Sulla's Spectacular Sponsorship of the Apolline Games

Cornelius Sulla was elected consuls in 93 BC, seven years after the end of the Kimbrian war. By that time he had amassed a considerable fortune from all the war booty. He is reported to have spent a very large chunk of it pandering to the mob for feasts and favors. After his year as Pritour,. Sulla makes his first acquaintance with a region that was destined to characterize his legacy: Capidocia.