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Pompey's Rise
- Pompey Magnus joined Sulla, raising his own army.
- A consul's army defected to Pompey without a fight, mirroring a previous defeat against Sulla.
Sulla's Victory
- Carbo fled after defeat, leaving Italy in Sulla's hands.
- Samnites tried to relieve Marius' trapped army and capture Rome, but Crassus secured Sulla's victory at the Battle of the Colleen Gate.
Dictatorship for Life
- Sulla became Rome's first dictator for life after the Senate's welcome.
- This marked a critical point in the Republic's decline.