46 - Sulla III: Vengeance
Cost of Glory
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Sella and the Samnites
The Samnites have resented the Romans' ascendancy for more than two centuries. They were the backbone of the Italian rebellion in the Social War only ten years earlier. And a victory for Sella would threaten their newly privileged status. For the Samnites, capturing and sacking Rome itself would be the crowning achievement of their military tradition.
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