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Sullan, a. (and n.)|ˈsʌlən|
[f. the name of Roman general and dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla (c 138–78 b.c.) + -an.]
Of or pertaining to Sulla or his party, or the laws and political reforms instituted by him. Also as n., a supporter of Sulla.
1866W. P. Dickson tr. Mommsen's Hist. Rome IV. v. iii. 90 The young Gaius Caesar..brought to trial.. another Sullan officer Gaius Antonius. Ibid. v. 167 Antonius, originally a Sullan like Catilina. 1892W. W. Fowler Julius Caesar ii. 29 Caesar..fled in disguise into the mountains of Samnium. Here he was pursued and captured by the Sullan bloodhounds, who were everywhere. 1905G. S. Gordon Let. 15 Nov. (1943) 10, I cannot get out of my head even now the Ontological proofs of the existence of God, the Sullan Constitution, Pericles and Athenian finance, and why Pleasure cannot be an ultimate Ethical end. 1923T. R. Holmes Roman Republic I. i. 59 The Sullan reign of terror was never forgotten by the Romans. 1949L. R. Taylor Party Politics in Age of Caesar i. 21 The optimates, who were determined to save what they could of their Sullan prerogatives. 1974A. Watson Law Making in Later Roman Republic vi. 95 It is not proved that all these leges are Sullan. 1976Classical Q. XXVI. 105 The Sullan reforms tell us a little about this. |