This, however, might have been comparatively inefficacious to inflict the amount of punishment intended by Sulla.

Men generally do not specially desire to imbrue their hands in the blood of other men.

Unless strong hatred be at work, the ordinary man, even the ordinary Roman, will hardly rise up and slaughter another for the sake of the employment.

But if lucre be added to blood, then blood can be made to flow copiously.

This was what Sulla did.