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Sulla's Proscriptions: The Terror That Broke the Republic
In 82 BC, Lucius Cornelius Sulla marched on Rome for the second time, defeated his enemies in battle, and then unleashed a new kind of political violence: the proscriptions. Lists of 'enemies of the state' were posted in the Forum, and anyone named could be killed on sight, their property confiscated. This episode explores how Sulla used terror to purge his rivals, fill his treasury, and reward his followers. We delve into the mechanics of the proscriptions—how names were added, how victims were hunted—and the chilling legacy of this bloodletting. Sulla's dictatorship would…
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