For centuries, Lucius Cornelius Sulla has been reviled as a maniacal tyrant who defiled the Roman constitution and instituted bloody purges, but some modern historians assert that he has been judged too harshly. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/818/lucius-cornelius-sulla-guardian-or-enemy-of-the-ro/ #History #GaiusMarius #Jugurtha #JuliusCaesar

The North African Berber kingdom of Numidia (202-40 BCE) was originally inhabited by a tribe (or federation of tribes) known as the Masaesyli, to the west, and a coalition of smaller tribes, known as the Massylii, to the east.https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1196/the-masaesyli-and-massylii-of-numidia/ #FirstPunicWar #Jugurtha #Numidia #History

For centuries, Lucius Cornelius Sulla has been reviled as a maniacal tyrant who defiled the Roman constitution and instituted bloody purges, but some modern historians assert that he has been judged too harshly. They present him as a republican champion who predominantly acted out of necessity and often with the best of intentions. As always, the truth is more complex.
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/818/lucius-cornelius-sulla-guardian-or-enemy-of-the-ro/ #GaiusMarius #Jugurtha #JuliusCaesar