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Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a prominent Roman general and statesman, served as consul twice and revived the dictatorship. Renowned for his military prowess, he earned the grass crown during the Social War. His dictatorship emerged amid the fierce conflict between optimates, who aimed to uphold the Senate's oligarchy, and populares, who championed populism. Following a dispute over army command, Sulla marched on Rome, defeating Gaius Marius. In 81 BC, he reinstated the dictatorship, a position dormant since the Second Punic War, and implemented significant reforms to the Roman Constitution, enhancing the Senate's power while curtailing the tribunes'. His rise was also characterized by political purges and proscriptions. Ancient perceptions of Sulla depicted him as a man of contradictions: a ruthless figure who executed sentences without remorse yet maintained his word. An aristocrat who sought to revert Rome to its past, he engaged intimately with a man of lower social standing. Despite his laziness and penchant for pleasure, he dedicated months to enacting the most significant reforms in the Roman Republic's history. An undefeated military leader, he preferred attributing glory to the gods and embraced the title Felix, meaning 'happy.' Deeply religious, Sulla believed in his divine connections while neglecting formal prayers. A bisexual libertine and a five-time married man, he also introduced family-friendly policies. As Mario P