
44 - Sulla 1: The Lucky
Cost of Glory
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Romans - A Novel of the Same Name, by Sulla
Sulla was born into the mighty gens cornelia, the corneliu clan. His father sadly died when sulla was just a tenager. And the man was so poor that he didn't even leave his son any serious inheritance. But who could have foreseen a grand future for sulla? In those days? He was a poor man. Not so poor, mind you, that he had to actually work, but these things are relative,. and considering his lineage, he was poor. So sulla learned to enjoy the lower pleasures of life. It was boring, but fun. And it might have all continued that way, and world history might have taken a very different
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