Had Sulla been illiterate, he could neither have won his victories nor issued his proscriptions.
Sulla nesciret litteras, neque vincere neque proscribere potuisset.
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Sulla
Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC). The first Roman to march legions on Rome (88 and 82 BC), he ordered proscriptions killing 1,500-2,000 Romans, then voluntarily resigned around 79 BC, setting Caesar's precedent.
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