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Sulla answers reform pressure by killing reformers; Caesar survives and builds a career on popular discontent.
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Sulla
Jiang imagines Caesar as a better, more merciful Sulla: he would reform the Republic, spare enemies, and retire rather than become king.
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Jiang imagines Caesar as a better, more merciful Sulla: he would reform the Republic, spare enemies, and retire rather than become king.
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Servile wars, piracy, and the Sulla-Marius civil war show the Republic's turmoil escalating until generals do the previously unthinkable: march armies into Rome and kill fellow citizens.
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Sulla's solution was proscription: a public list of enemies whom anyone could kill for state reward and confiscated property, including the young Julius Caesar as a target.
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Caesar survived Sulla's proscription because his wealthy family could bribe Sulla, but Sulla's attempt to solve conflict by elevating the optimates failed after Sulla died.
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"...Marius who promised reform, but really didn't deliver. Then you have Sulla."
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"Okay? And Sulla's solution was really simple. Let's just kill all the reformers. Pretty simple, guys. Okay? Our problem isn't the inequality, the problem..."
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"...So we can imagine that Caesar saw himself as a better Sulla. Okay? As a more merciful Sulla. He would not kill his enemies...."
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"...killing each other. Okay? And so the civil war was between Sulla and Marius. And the civil war becomes so intense that both Sulla..."
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"Okay? There has to be a solution. And Sulla's solution is, well, you know, if the problem is the conflict between the populars and..."
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"...Caesar's family was extremely wealthy and he was able to bribe Sulla into letting him go. Okay? So Julius Caesar's life was speared. And..."
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