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Cinna (Family) - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | After serving in the war with the Marsi as praetorian legate, he was elected consul in 87 B.C. Breaking the oath he had sworn to Sulla that he would not attempt any revolution in the state, Cinna allied himself with Marius, raised an army of Italians, and took possession of the city. |
 | | Valerius Flaccus became Cinna's colleague, and on the murder of Flaccus, Cn. |
 | | In 84, however, Cinna, who was still consul, was forced to advance against Sulla; but while embarking his troops to meet him in Thessaly, he was killed in a mutiny. |
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