Ancient Rome · TURNING POINT · 88 BC
Sulla’s march on Rome (88 BC)
On the Ancient Rome map as “Sulla marches on Rome”
88 BC — Refused his eastern command, Sulla turns six legions on the city itself — the unthinkable, done. His later dictatorship and proscriptions write the playbook Caesar will finish.
- When
- 88 BC
- Type
- Turning point
- Chapter
- Crisis of the Roman Republic (chapter 4 of Ancient Rome)
- Atlas
- The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476
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