Lucius cornelius sulla biography of mahatma

Sidelights

The Roman general and dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla(138-78 BC) was the first man to use the army to establish a personal autocracy at Rome.

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felixwas generally referred to simply as Sulla Felix, an agnomen that he chose for himself.

The appellation “felix” meant lucky, and Sulla was a great believer in his own fortune. He was a Roman of odd character, being both extremely conservative in his political views and simultaneously loose in his social mores. He also possessed a refined, if cruel, sense of humor, and was simultaneously a most cynical and superstitious man.

These contradictory traits were well reflected in Sulla’s capricious and unpredictable nature, and he frequently struck unexpectedly at his enemies.

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He was often described as being half fox and half lion, for Sulla was both brave and cunning to an unusual degree. More than any of these traits, however, Sulla was utterly ruthless. No l