Sulla's March on Rome (88 BCE)

88 BCE · Roma · military

Having lost the command against Mithridates, Sulla marched on Rome with his army — the occupation of its own capital by a general at the head of his troops in Roman history.

He sent Marius and his supporters into exile. | The first proof that the Republic could be governed by armed force; a harbinger of the "crossing of the Rubicon".

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What was Sulla's March on Rome (88 BCE)?
Having lost the command against Mithridates, Sulla marched on Rome with his army — the occupation of its own capital by a general at the head of his troops in Roman history.
When did Sulla's March on Rome (88 BCE) happen?
88 BCE
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