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sulla

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sulla.

Editorial note

Sulla and Marius had a civil war and Marius's nephew was Caesar Post-civil war US - replace Sulla and Marius with Lincoln and Jefferson...

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Quick take

(South Asia, religious slur, ethnic slur, offensive) A Muslim man; especially one from Pakistan.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

(South Asia, religious slur, ethnic slur, offensive) A Muslim man; especially one from Pakistan.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sulla.

Example sentences

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Sulla and Marius had a civil war and Marius's nephew was Caesar Post-civil war US - replace Sulla and Marius with Lincoln and Jefferson...

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The later dictators towards the end of the Republic were Sulla and Caesar.

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Arguably Marius and Sulla were the equal, if not better than, Caesar.

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He knew what people thought of Sulla for what he did.

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It was Sulla crossing the Rubicon that broke that particular seal.

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Archimedes died in 212, and Sulla wouldn’t be born until 138.

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This was intentional with the assumption that even if a Sulla like figure emerges and consolidates power, it’ll revert over time to a liberal humanist republic.

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> His predecessors were the senate, consuls, and the Also Sulla and his opponents in the preceding civil war.

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It’s remarkable it took 249 years - but it was 430 years before Sulla seized the dictatorship by declaring emergency powers and cracked the constitutional order of Rome.

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The loss of Roman liberty corresponded directly with the progressive breakdown of those regulations, starting with Sulla marching into Rome, Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon, and continuing with Augustus' Praetorian Guard.

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This public debt had its origin in the twenty thousand talents which Sulla had laid upon Asia as a contribution, and twice this amount had been paid back to the money-lenders.

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È quindi una tecnica naturale di guarigione antica che stimola i punti chiave sulla superficie della pelle per indurre le difese naturali di auto-capacità curative.

Quote examples

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Politicians taking away liberties under the excuse of "security" is the oldest fraud in the book, as anyone can see from Julius Caesar's comments on Sulla.

2

Then eventually Sulla said "fuck this, I'm bringing in an army to enforce my will", and the law didn't do a thing to constrain him (or anyone who came after him).

Proper noun examples

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At this point, Caesar was pretty much an unknown, and had to leave Rome to escape Sulla.

2

This means this aberration we see today, which is reminiscent of Sulla’s attack on the Roman republic, was well planned for an accounted for.

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Trump is remarkably similar to Sulla, who showed the next generation of leaders how to break the rules to gain power.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use sulla in a sentence?

Sulla and Marius had a civil war and Marius's nephew was Caesar Post-civil war US - replace Sulla and Marius with Lincoln and Jefferson...

What does sulla mean?

(South Asia, religious slur, ethnic slur, offensive) A Muslim man; especially one from Pakistan.

What part of speech is sulla?

sulla is commonly used as noun.