Faustus Cornelius Sulla, Quaestor 54 BCE

[@montengro234]

A faustian tale

[@tuckerfaught6915]

Is there any chance for an episode on Sulla himself?

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

A good chance, actually.

[@tuckerfaught6915]

@@ThersitestheHistorian That would be fantastic. I'd be interested in your take on his feud with Gaius Marius and the larger context surrounding the Social War.

[@ThersitestheHistorian]

@@tuckerfaught6915 That would certainly loom large in any video that I would make about either Marius or Sulla.

[@Theodosius_fan]

I think the only explanation is that he was born in 82 or later. He got so much special treatment and so many nice jobs and honours that I can’t believe that he would underachieve in terms of offices

[@goodman4966]

I love roman history!

[@adizmal]

I think you were a bit harsh on him. :/

[@beneficent2557]

Well done.

[@HAL-nt6vy]

BCE = Before Christian Era CE = Christian Era

[@olefredrikskjegstad5972]

*Common

[@montengro234]

@@olefredrikskjegstad5972 Actually Christian is better. I'm not a Christian myself but when the date is based around jesus' birth, it's silly not to call it Christian. AD and BC are a lot easier to tell apart then BCE and CE which is important when reading lots of text.

[@HAL-nt6vy]

@@olefredrikskjegstad5972 Common? Common what precisely? As compared to uncommon, maybe?

[@HAL-nt6vy]

@@montengro234 Good points. Victor Davis Hanson may be the best known classicist alive today, and a recent article of his begins, "Sometime around A.D. 60, in the age of Emperor Nero, a Roman court insider named Gaius Petronius wrote a satirical Latin novel . . ." And yeah, I'm not much of a Christian either. I'm more of a Homerian.

[@callumdunphy4846]

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