Sulla’s Second Civil War

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1st-century BCE conflict Roman civil war military conflict

Sulla’s Second Civil War was a decisive early 1st-century BCE Roman civil conflict in which the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla marched on Rome, defeated his Marian opponents, and paved the way for his dictatorship and constitutional reforms.

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Label	Occurrences
Sulla’s Second Civil War canonical	5
Sulla’s civil war	4
Second Roman civil war between Marius and Sulla	1
Sulla's Second Civil War	1
Sulla's civil war	1
Sulla's dictatorship	1
Sulla's march on Rome in 83–82 BC	1
Sulla's second civil war	1
Sulla’s Second March on Rome	1
Sulla’s dictatorship (82–79 BCE)	1
Sulla’s second civil war	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1906706 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sulla’s Second Civil War
Context triple: [Late Roman Republic, conflict, Sulla’s Second Civil War]

A. Sulla’s First Civil War
Sulla’s First Civil War was a Roman internal conflict (88–87 BCE) in which the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla marched on Rome and fought his political rivals, marking a key step in the Republic’s collapse into recurring civil wars.
B. Final War of the Roman Republic
The Final War of the Roman Republic was the decisive civil conflict between Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII that led to the end of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
C. Jugurthine War
The Jugurthine War was a late 2nd-century BCE conflict between Rome and King Jugurtha of Numidia that exposed deep political corruption in the Roman Republic and helped launch the career of Gaius Marius.
D. Cimbrian War
The Cimbrian War was a late 2nd-century BC conflict in which the Roman Republic fought migrating Germanic and Celtic tribes, leading to major military reforms and the rise of Gaius Marius.
E. Sicilian revolt of Sextus Pompey
The Sicilian revolt of Sextus Pompey was a major civil war episode of the late Roman Republic in which Sextus Pompey used his naval power from Sicily to challenge the Second Triumvirate’s control over Rome’s grain supply and Mediterranean sea routes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sulla’s Second Civil War
Target entity description: Sulla’s Second Civil War was a decisive early 1st-century BCE Roman civil conflict in which the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla marched on Rome, defeated his Marian opponents, and paved the way for his dictatorship and constitutional reforms.

A. Sulla’s First Civil War
Sulla’s First Civil War was a Roman internal conflict (88–87 BCE) in which the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla marched on Rome and fought his political rivals, marking a key step in the Republic’s collapse into recurring civil wars.
B. Final War of the Roman Republic
The Final War of the Roman Republic was the decisive civil conflict between Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII that led to the end of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
C. Jugurthine War
The Jugurthine War was a late 2nd-century BCE conflict between Rome and King Jugurtha of Numidia that exposed deep political corruption in the Roman Republic and helped launch the career of Gaius Marius.
D. Cimbrian War
The Cimbrian War was a late 2nd-century BC conflict in which the Roman Republic fought migrating Germanic and Celtic tribes, leading to major military reforms and the rise of Gaius Marius.
E. Sicilian revolt of Sextus Pompey
The Sicilian revolt of Sextus Pompey was a major civil war episode of the late Roman Republic in which Sextus Pompey used his naval power from Sicily to challenge the Second Triumvirate’s control over Rome’s grain supply and Mediterranean sea routes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	1st-century BCE conflict ⓘ Roman civil war ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
hasAftermath	Sullan proscriptions ⓘ Sulla’s dictatorship ⓘ redistribution of confiscated property ⓘ
hasCause	Marian seizure of power in Rome ⓘ conflict over command of the Mithridatic War ⓘ power struggle between Optimates and Populares ⓘ
hasCommander	Gaius Marius the Younger ⓘ Gnaeus Papirius Carbo ⓘ Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ⓘ linked to: Pompey the Great Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ Marcus Licinius Crassus ⓘ Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius ⓘ
hasEndTime	82 BCE ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	late Roman Republic ⓘ linked to: Late Roman Republic
hasLocation	Campania ⓘ Etruria ⓘ Italian Peninsula ⓘ Latium ⓘ Northern Italy ⓘ Rome ⓘ Samnium ⓘ
hasMainCombatant	Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ Marian faction ⓘ Optimates ⓘ Populares ⓘ
hasNature	decisive early 1st-century BCE Roman civil conflict ⓘ
hasOpponent	Gaius Marius the Younger ⓘ Gnaeus Papirius Carbo ⓘ Lucius Junius Brutus Damasippus ⓘ
hasOutcome	defeat of the Marian faction ⓘ establishment of Sulla’s dictatorship ⓘ proscriptions against Sulla’s enemies ⓘ victory of Sulla and the Optimates ⓘ
hasPrecedingEvent	Sulla’s First March on Rome ⓘ linked to: Sulla’s First Civil War Sulla’s campaigns in the First Mithridatic War ⓘ
hasResult	consolidation of senatorial authority ⓘ curtailment of the powers of the tribunes of the plebs ⓘ expansion of the Senate’s membership ⓘ implementation of Sullan constitutional reforms ⓘ reorganization of the Roman courts ⓘ temporary strengthening of the Roman Senate ⓘ
hasSignificantEvent	Battle of Sacriportus ⓘ Battle of the Colline Gate ⓘ Battle of the Colline Gate in 82 BCE ⓘ linked to: Battle of the Colline Gate campaigns against Samnite forces ⓘ siege and capture of Praeneste ⓘ
hasStartTime	83 BCE ⓘ
ledBy	Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ
ledTo	militarization of Roman politics ⓘ precedent for later Roman civil wars ⓘ
opposedBy	Marian consuls of 82 BCE ⓘ supporters of Gaius Marius ⓘ
partOf	political conflict between Optimates and Populares in the late Republic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Late Roman Republic → conflict → Sulla’s Second Civil War ⓘ

Sulla’s First Civil War → followedBy → Sulla’s Second Civil War ⓘ

Battle of the Colline Gate → conflictIn → Sulla's Second Civil War ⓘ