\paperw7095 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \b Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Rome 138 BC - Cumae 78 BC)\par
\b0 From a family of patricians, he was elected consul in 89 BC a
nd placed in command of the army in the war against King Mithridates of Pontus. Opposition from equestrians led to Marius being given the command of the rich eastern province instead of him. Sulla then marched with his army on Rome, had the law abolished
, and forced Marius to flee. He sought to restore the power of the Senate and in 87 went to Greece to put down a revolt against the Romans. He conquered Athens in 86 and reestablished Roman rule over the country. Challenged again by Marius and his party,
he managed to overcome all opposition, reorganized the provinces of Greece and Asia, and returned victorious to Rome in 82. His revenge on the supporters of Marius was terrible, with proscriptions and death sentences. Appointed dictator for an unlimited
period (82 BC), he implemented a wide-ranging program of reform intended to revive the Republic politically and economically. In 79 BC he voluntarily gave up the dictatorship and retired to Cumae, where he wrote his memoirs and died the following year.
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\b Lysippus (Sigeum ca. 370 BC - ca. 300 BC)\par
\b0 He chiefly made bronze statues of athletes and deities. He was Alexander the Great's official portraitist. Numerous statues have been attributed to him, including the Apoxymenos (bronze ori
ginal from 320 BC), a naked athlete in the act of washing from his arm the oil used in contests. His aim was to represent movement in his works.\par
