Sulla

What: Roman patrician who fought alongside Gaius Marius before betraying him and starting a civil war. When: 138 - 78 BCE. Roman Republic just before Julius Caesar Where: Rome. Sulla fought wih Marius in Numidia and later in Gaul. When he became consul in 81 BCE, he led a campaign in the east. Why:** Sulla was appointed as dictator in 82 or 81 BCE. He instituted numerous social changes to give much more power to the senate. He was trying to reestablish the "old rome." He stepped down from the dictatorship by the end of 81 BCE. He eventually retired to a villa outside of Rome.
 * Who: Lucius Cornelius Sulla