46 - Sulla III: Vengeance
Cost of Glory
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A Celebration of Mattella's Life
When his wife died, Sella felt there was only right to make an exception here to his sumptuary laws. Other of his actions seemed to many to be abuses of his power and authority. When he saw that Pompey was already rising to become the foremost man of his generation, Sella ordered the young man to divorce his wife and Mary Mattella's daughter. O'Fella wanted to run for consul but a new law stipulated that you had to hold certain junior offices first before you ran for senior offices. He thought he deserved a shot anyway at the consulship. And as Sella watches from the temple of Caster, which overlooks the forum, one
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