Journal article
L. Cornelius Sulla as untrained master of military science
RT Ridley
Rivista Di Filologia Classica | LOESCHER EDITORE | Published : 2010
Abstract
L. Cornelius Sulla is most commonly stated to have entered his quaestorship in 107 in the highly dangerous Jugurthine War without military training or experience. This view is examined in the light of the sources, the cursus honorum, the situation in Africa, the skills of a cavalryman, and commonsense.