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[โ€“] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You have to admit the one good thing he did is give up power

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

That makes him an idealist, not a good person.

Unfortunately, his ideals were "All power to the aristocracy, the poors need to learn their place"

I do thank him for giving me a good republican-era Roman example of lifelong same-sex sexual relationship, though. Retiring with Metrobius to a nice Mediterranean isle would be cute if Sulla wasn't a TYRANT