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| | Sulla, Lucius Cornelius - MSN Encarta |
 | | Born to a patrician family, the Cornelii, Sulla embarked on a military career in 107 bc as a quaestor under his later adversary, Gaius Marius. |
 | | He entered the Jugurthine War (111-106 bc) in Africa and induced Bocchus I, king of Mauretania (reigned 111-80 bc), to deliver his son-in-law, Jugurtha, king of Numidia, to the Roman army as a prisoner. |
 | | After victorious leadership in the Social War (91-87 bc), waged against the Romans by their northern Italian allies in an attempt to gain more Roman rights, Sulla was made consul. |
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