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Introduction to Greek and Roman History

Introduction to Greek and Roman History. Lecture 15 Sulla’s reforms and legacy.

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Introduction to Greek and Roman History

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  1. Introduction to Greek and Roman History Lecture 15 Sulla’s reforms and legacy

  2. Faustus Cornelius Sulla. 56 BC,Rome mint. R/ FAVSTVS before, diademed and draped bust of Diana right, wearing cruciform earring and double necklace of pearls and pendants, and jewels in hair pulled into a knot; crescent above, lituus behind. V/ FELIX at upper right, Sulla seated left on a raised seat; before him kneels Bocchus, offering an olive-branch; behind, Jugurtha kneeling left, wearing beard, hands tied behind his back.

  3. Pompeii

  4. The Social War, 91-88 B.C. • Drusus’ tribunate, 91 • Equestrian were required to give up their juridical posts and compensated with 300 seats in the Senate • Allies were offered Roman citizenship • Resumption of land reform and improvement of grain supply in Rome • Drusus is killed, a praetor is assassinated in Asculum, revolt breaks out.

  5. The Social War, 91-88 B.C. UMBRIA APULIA

  6. The Italian confederacy takes oath against Rome

  7. Italy after the Social War • Rome controlled the whole of the Italian peninsula from the Po river to the Strait of Messina. • All former colonies and allied communities became municipia. • - Number of citizens rose from 394,000 to 963,000

  8. 88: Mithridates invades the province of Asia

  9. First Mithridatic War

  10. The Peace of Dardanus • Return of all of Mithridates’ conquests in Asia Minor and the Aegean • Return of all the prisoners and deserters • Assumption of all the costs for the maintenance of Sulla’s army • War indemnity of 2,000 talents

  11. Praeneste

  12. Sulla’s dictatorship (82-80) • Tribunate is emasculated • Liquidation of political opponents • Property redistribution • Strengthen senatorial rule • Number of praetors from 6 to 8, quaestors from 16 to 20

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