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January(?) 1(?), 138 B.C. - Rome - Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix is born
January(?) 1(?), 108 B.C. - Rome - Approaching thirty, Sulla rises out of poverty when his stepmother and her lover Nicopolis - both wealthy women - die and leave him their property. He is then able to take his rightful place in society and launch himself into a career of status =(START)
December(?) 1(?), 108 B.C. - Rome - At the age of 30, Sulla runs for election for quaestor and is elected. Under normal conditions, a candidate for quaestorship had to have served 10 years in the army, but it was acceptable in the eyes of the people to run if he had reached the minimum age of 30.
June(?) 1(?), 107 B.C. - While in Rome - Sulla begins serving Consul Gaius Marius as quaestor. Having enacted the Marian reforms of the Roman army, Gaius Marius arrives in Numidia (Algeria) to lead the war against Jugurtha. Sulla stays behind with the task of gathering a cavalry force in province of Latium (Lazio) to fight the desert nomads
April 1(?), 106 B.C. - near Cirta, Numidia (Constantine, Algeria) - Sulla arrives with a cavalry force he had raised in Latium
May(?) 1(?), 106 B.C. - near Cirta - Second Battle of Cirta - Roman Victory
August(?) 1(?), 106 B.C. - Algeria - Sulla captures Jugurtha, thus ending the Jugurthine War. His success is made possible by inducing Bocchus I, king of Mauretania, to hand over Jugurtha to the Romans
January 1, 105 B.C. - Rome - Gaius Marius celebrates a triumph in Rome. He enters the Senate in his triumphal robes, showing his contempt for the nobility and all they represented
June(?) 1(?), 104 B.C. - Cisalpine Gaul (Northern Italy)(?) - Sulla puts an end to all resistance by capturing the leader of the Tectosages, chief Copillus
January(?) 1(?), 103 B.C. - Cisalpine Gaul(?) - Promoted to Tribunus Militum. Succeeds in persuading the Germanic Marsi tribe to become friends and allies of Rome
January(?) 1(?), 102 B.C. - Cisalpine Gaul(?) - Promoted to Legatus. Joins Catulus early in 102
July 30, 101 B.C. - Vercellae (Vercelli - between Turin and Milan) - Battle of Vercellae - Gaius Marius and Catulus defeat the Cimbri (Sulla commands the cavalry)
January(?) 1(?), 98 B.C. - Rome - Runs for the office of Praetor but is not elected. He promises to organize the "Ludi Apollinares" games if elected in the next year
January(?) 1(?), 97 B.C. - Rome - Sulla is elected Urban Praetor. He fulfills his promise and organizes the "Ludi Apollinares" games
June(?) 1(?), 97 B.C. - Rome - Sulla displays a lion hunt for the first time in games at Rome. Through his hability and contacts in North Africa, he is able to bring hundreds of wild animals to Rome
January(?) 1(?), 96 B.C. - Cilicia, SE Turkey - After the end of his praetorship, he is sent to take charge of the province of Cilicia as "Pro Consule" and end the rampant piracy of that region. He also works to end the war between King Mithrodites VI of Pontus and King Nicomedes III of Bythinia over the Kingdom of Cappadocia
January(?) 1(?), 95 B.C. - Cappadocia - Sulla installs King Ariobarzanes on throne of Cappadocia
January(?) 1(?), 94 B.C. - Cilicia - Sulla meets Parthian and Cappadocian diplomats
January(?) 1(?), 93 B.C. - Rome - Returns to Rome
January(?) 1(?), 91 B.C. - Rome - Sulla's old friend King Bocchus of Mauritania pays a state visit to Rome, bringing exotic animals, wealth and paintings (depicting the joint capture of Jugurtha by Bocchus and Sulla in 107 B.C.). With the depiction of Sulla instead of him, Gaius Marius is insulted and demands the paintings to be removed
June(?) 1(?), 91 B.C. - Nola, near Naples, Campania - From Nola, Sulla has a series of very successful campaings in Southern Italy, crushing the italian armies, gaining prestige in Rome and the loyalty of several legions
January(?) 1(?), 89 B.C. - Rome - Sulla and Pompeius Strabo elected consuls
March 15, 89 B.C. - Rome - Assumes office in the Ides of March
April 30, 89 B.C. - Stabiae (Castellammare di Stabia, Campania) - Sulla takes and destroys Stabiae
May 15(?), 89 B.C. - Pompeii - Sulla lays siege to Pompeii
June 11, 89 B.C. - Pompeii - Sulla captures Pompeii from the rebels
June(?) 15(?), 89 B.C. - Nola - Sulla chases the samnite rebels to Nola and massacres 20,000 of them at the Battle of Nola
June(?) 25(?), 89 B.C. - Aeclanum (Mirabello) - Sulla turns against the Hirpini and attacks the town of Aeclanum
July(?) 1(?), 89 B.C. - Corfinium (Popoli) - Sulla destroys the Samnite army and takes their capital Corfinium
October 1(?), 89 B.C. - Rome - Sulla returns to Rome and wins the election to the consulship for 88 B.C, defeating as one of his main competitors Caius Julius Caesar Strabo.
January(?) 1(?), 88 B.C. - Rome - Sulla is elected Consul almost unanimously after his military victories in the Social War
February(?) 1(?), 88 B.C. - While in Nola - As Consul, the Senate gives him the war with King Mithridates VI of Pontus as his province
March(?) 1(?), 88 B.C. - While in Nola - Violence erupts in the streets of Rome again, induced by tribune P. Sulpicius Rufus
March(?) 15(?), 88 B.C. - Rome - Sulla returns to Rome to quell the trouble, declaring public holiday on his arrival. He is forced to retreat and flees to Gaius Marius' house, where he is unexpectedly invited for dinner. Marius advices him to back down the public holiday as a measure to end the crisis. He gives in to pressure and cancels the holiday, leaving Rome humiliated
March(?) 20(?), 88 B.C. - While in Rome - While Sulla returns to his legions in Nola, Sulpicius blindsides him, issuing a law that transfered the command of the roman army against Pontus from Sulla to Gaius Marius
March(?) 25(?), 88 B.C. - Nola - The news from Rome reach Sulla. He is humiliated, and infuriated as it was his right to command the army against Pontus as Consul. He informs his legions, which are frustrated to miss out on the campaign in the East and thus the vast treasure to be plundered in Pontus. He proposes to his council of war to march on Rome
May(?) 1(?), 88 B.C. - Rome - Sulla marches to Rome and captures the city by force. Gaius Marius and Sulpicius are named enemies of Rome and an order is issued for them to be executed if caught. Gaius Marius flees to Ostia and then to Africa.
May(?) 15(?), 88 B.C. - Rome - Sulla sends his legions back to Nola to show the people of Rome that he was not a tyrant
June(?) 1(?), 88 B.C. - While in Rome - Asiatic Vespers - Mithridates VI, King of Pontus, orders the death of every roman or latin-speaking person living in western Anatolia. From 80,000 to 150,000 people are killed, igniting the First Mithridatic War
January(?) 1(?), 87 B.C. - Nola - Joins his six legions in Nola
February(?) 1(?), 87 B.C. - Nola - Cinna returns to Rome and betrays Sulla, sending a tribune to Nola to accuse him of murdering civilians. Sulla ignores Cinna's envoy and continues to recruit troops
March(?) 1(?), 87 B.C. - Brundisium (Brindisi, SE Italy) - Sulla leaves one legion in Nola and arrives in Brundisium with the other five - starting point of his Pontic campaign
April(?) 1(?), 87 B.C. - Epirus (Greece-Albania border) - Lands in Epirus
May(?) 1(?), 87 B.C. - Athens, Greece - Sulla arrives in Greece and besieges both Athens and Piraeus. He orders Lucius Licinius Lucullus to raise a fleet from Rome's allies around the eastern Mediterranean.
December(?) 1(?), 87 B.C. - While in Athens - The Senate opens the gate of Rome to Cinna and Gaius Marius. Cinna declares Sulla an "Enemy of the State" instead of Gaius Marius. After months of exile, Gaius Marius returns to Rome with his troops. The "Marian Terror" begins as Marius' troops begins sacking Rome. Consul Octavius is beheaded by Cinna's men and impaled before the forum. Several other important men are murdered or forced to commit suicide, including Marcus Crassus Dives (father of Marcus Licinius Crassus)
March 1, 86 B.C. - Athens, Greece - Sulla captures Athens from the Pontic army, removing the tyrant Aristion.
April(?) 1(?), 86 B.C. - Chaeronea, Central Greece - Sulla moves to the north and defeats the reinforced Pontic army at Chaeronea
May(?) 1(?), 86 B.C. - Orchomenus, Central Greece - The Pontic army returns to Greece and Sulla defeats it at Orchomenus
September(?) 1(?), 86 B.C. - Dardanus, near Troy, Bosphorus - The Dardani ally with Pontus and are defeated by Sulla soon after.
January(?) 1(?), 85 B.C. - Dardanus - Sulla signs the Peace of Dardanus, concluding the war with Mithridates VI. The King of Pontus is forced to give up all his conquests and pay crippling war endemnities but is lucky to return home alive considering the genocide of latin-speaking peoples
March(?) 1(?), 85 B.C. - While in Dardanus - Lucius Valerius Flaccus is murdered at Nicomedia during a mutiny fomented by his subordinate General Flavius Fimbria
June(?) 1(?), 85 B.C. - Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey) - Sulla forces Flavius Fimbria to commit suicide
June(?) 1(?), 84 B.C. - While in Nicomedia(?) - The Senate and Sulla negotiate his return
October(?) 1(?), 84 B.C. - Dyrrachium (Durrës, Albania) - In preparation of his invasion of Italy, Sulla's forces move to Dyrrachium in the Autumn, via Macedonia and Thessaly
April(?) 1(?), 83 B.C. - Brundisium - In the Spring, Sulla returns to Italy with 30,000 veterans from his campaigns in Greece and lands with his legions unopposed at Brundisium
May(?) 1(?), 83 B.C. - Southern Italy - Metellus Pius, Pompey and Crassus join Sulla
November 1(?), 83 B.C. - Mount Tifata, Campania - Battle of Mount Tifata - Sulla defeats the popular forces of Gaius Norbanus
April 1, 82 B.C. - Sacriporto, (near Palestrina, Italy) - Battle of Sacriportus - Sulla and his Optimates win against the Populares of Cinna and Marius
April 4, 82 B.C. - Praenestre (Palestrina, Lazio) - Sulla besieges Praeneste (where Gaius Marius the Younger took refuge) and takes the city. Later, Marius commits suicide.
May(?) 1(?), 82 B.C. - Rome(?) - Sulla sends Metellus Pius to secure the northern parts of Italy, accompanied by young Pompey, Marcus Crassus and Marcus Lucullus
November 1, 82 B.C. - Rome - Battle of the Colline Gate - Sulla wins the battle and ends the Second Civil War, securing control of Rome and Italy
December 1(?), 82 B.C. - Rome - Sulla is appointed dictator and reforms the Roman government. In total control of the roman capital and its affairs, he institutes a program of executing those whom he perceived to be enemies of the State
December(?) 10(?), 82 B.C. - Rome - Pompey is ordered by Sulla to stamp out democratic rebels in Sicily and Africa.
January 29, 81 B.C. - Rome - Sulla celebrates his triumph over Mithridates
June 1, 81 B.C. - Rome - Sulla wins the elections for "consul designatus" (consul designate) and decides to resign dictatorship at the end of the year. The proscriptions formally end after at least 1,500 people are executed, but their horror would live on the Romans' collective consciousness for the rest of the century
June(?) 1(?), 80 B.C. - While in Rome - After defeating a naval force under Aurelius Cotta, Quintus Sertorius lands at Baelo (near Gibraltar, Iberia) with a tiny army (2,600 men) and opens a successful campaign against the Sullan forces.
December(?) 1(?), 80 B.C. - While in Rome - Battle of the Baetis River: A force of Democratic exiles under Sertorius defeat the legal Roman army of Lucius Fulfidias in Hispania, starting the Sertorian War; Quintus Metellus Pius takes command on behalf of Sulla.
January 1, 79 B.C. - Puteoli (Pozzuoli, Naples) - The people elect Sulla consul once more. He, however, refuses the honour and retires at the end of 80 B.C, moving to his luxurious villa in Puteoli
January(?) 1(?), 78 B.C. - Puteoli - Sulla dies of Liver failure at the beginning of 78 B.C, aged 60 =(END)
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