#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

5785.979 - 5806.331 Gregory Aldrete

Marius kind of breaks that, makes a precedent. One of his protégés is a guy named Sulla. Sulla comes along, and he ends up marching on Rome with his army and taking it over. And he says, well, I'm just doing it for the good of the state. But that's another precedent. Now you've had someone attacking their own capital city, even if they say they're doing it for the right reasons.