Sulla: The First Man to Break Rome

Create Your Own Life with Jeremy Ryan Slate | Breaking the Chains of Ordinary by Jeremy Ryan Slate

Sep 14, 202600:23:14Health

Caesar didn't break Rome. 50 years before Caesar ever mattered, Sulla did — and he did it while trying to save the Republic. Rome spent 400 years building constraints to stop a king. Two consuls, not one. One-year terms....

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