The History of Rome

034- No Greater Friend, No Worse Enemy

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Feb 28, 2010
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ANECDOTE

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.
ANECDOTE

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.
INSIGHT

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.
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