48 - Comparison: Lysander and Sulla
Cost of Glory
The Best Man in a Time of Chaos
Plutarch: In a time of sedition, the base man too is an honor. At Rome at this time, since the people was corrupt and their government in a distempered state, men of various origins rose to power. And it is no wonder that Sulla held sway when such men as glauchia and Saturninus drove such men as metellus from the city. The chaos opens up opportunities for men of more flawed character or more checkered pasts to rise.
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