Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2022)

Why did Sulla Decide to Fight a Civil War?

Authors
Pengyu Xie*
School of Humanities, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
*Corresponding author. Email: x8228949@gmail.com.
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Pengyu Xie
Available Online 8 April 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220401.205How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Sullan Civil War; Subjective Factors; Objective Factors; Sullan reformation
Abstract

Lucius Cornelius Sulla’s decision for civil war contributed to the destruction of the Roman Republic. This paper illustrates that Sulla’s coup involves subjective factors, including Sulla’s character and increasingly intensified contradictions with Gaius Marius. Besides, the corruption of Rome, the disloyalty of the Roman army, the dilemma of citizenship and the conflict between plebs and nobles led to the civil war as objective factors. This work also briefly discusses the end of the Civil War and the Sullan reformation. By revealing Sulla’s military coup, readers can better understand how the decline of the Roman Republic embeds in partisan conflicts and deteriorated social environment.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
8 April 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-560-2
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220401.205How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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