44 - Sulla 1: The Lucky
Cost of Glory
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Political life in our days seems to have gotten quite a bit more heated, meaner, uglier. Have you ever felt like that? Well, this is the story of a man who did exactly that. His name was lucius cornelius sulla, or just sulla for short. He was a roman and a key player in what we now recognize as the fall of the roman republic. We tell things from sulla's perspective to try to understand the qualities of this man. Was it despite his cruelty, or because of it, that he rose? How did he command men's loyalty and affections? What did he stand for? And what on earth
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