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History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD

CHAPTER XXV
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MARIUS AND SULLA.-CINNA.
With the name of MARIUS is usually coupled that of LUCIUS CORNELIUS SULLA (138-78).

"He was a patrician of the purest blood, had inherited a moderate fortune, and had spent it, like other young men of rank, lounging in theatres and amusing himself with dinner parties.

He was a poet, an artist, and a wit.

Although apparently indolent, he was naturally a soldier, statesman, and diplomatist.


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