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Sulla’s Dictatorship Timeline Game

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Explore the tumultuous period of Sulla’s Dictatorship (82-80 BC) through this engaging timeline game.

  • Players will learn about the rise and fall of Sulla as dictator of Rome
  • Key events such as the proscriptions and Sulla’s reforms will be highlighted

Game Details: a timeline game where you place events in their correct chronological order

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  • 82 BC: Sulla assumes the dictatorship
  • 82 BC: Sulla proscribes and executes his political enemies
  • 81 BC: Sulla passes the Lex Cornelia, a series of laws to reestablish order in Rome
  • 81 BC: Sulla resigns as dictator and restores power to the Senate
  • 80 BC: Sulla is granted the title of 'Felix' (the fortunate) by the Senate
  • 80 BC: Sulla passes the Lex Gabinia, granting Pompey extraordinary command powers
  • 78 BC: Sulla dies in Puteoli
  • 78 BC: Sulla's funeral games are held in Rome
  • 77 BC - 70 BC: Sulla's laws and reforms are gradually repealed
  • 80 BC - 77 BC: Sulla's veterans are settled in colonies throughout Italy
  • 81 BC: Sulla's constitutional reforms limit the power of the tribunes
  • 81 BC: Sulla's reforms increase the authority of the Senate
  • 82 BC: Sulla confiscates the property of his enemies and redistributes it among his supporters
  • 82 BC: Sulla establishes the regime of proscriptions, leading to widespread violence
  • 80 BC: Sulla restores the powers of the office of the Censor
  • 81 BC: Sulla's dictatorship marks the end of the Roman Republic
  • 81 BC: Sulla's reforms aim to restore traditional Roman values and curb the power of the populares
  • 81 BC: Sulla's reforms strengthen the position of the landed aristocracy
  • 81 BC: Sulla's dictatorship paves the way for further political instability and civil wars
  • 82 BC: Sulla's dictatorship sets the precedent for future Roman leaders to seize absolute power

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