Marius-Sulla Civil War

Name: Marius-Sulla Civil War
Start: -88
End: -82

Type Event Region Europe Time -88–-82

Between 88 and 82 BCE, the Roman Republic saw its first large-scale civil war, ending in Sulla's victory, proscriptions, and constitutional reform.

Timeline

-88Rome · LazioSulla was granted command of the war against Mithridates; the Marian faction used the popular assembly to reassign the command to Marius, triggering an armed standoff between the two sides.
-88Rome · LazioSulla led the Sixth Legion back to attack the city of Rome, the first time internal political disputes were settled by force, and the Marian faction was driven out.
-87–-86Rome · LazioWhile Sulla was campaigning in the East, Marius returned from Africa, seized Rome, served as consul for the seventh time, and purged his opponents, dying shortly afterward.
-83–-82Italy · ItalySulla returned from the East, defeated the Marian faction at the Colline Gate and Praeneste, and then published proscription lists and reformed the constitution.

Appian, Civil Wars, Book I — Appian https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/Civil_Wars/1*.html
Plutarch, Life of Sulla; Life of Marius — Plutarch https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/home.html