Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Sulla

Battles of Sulla

Roman dictator and general, 138 BC to 78 BC

Sulla is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 106 BC and 82 BC: 9 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Italy (7), Greece (3), Algeria (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,097 km apart end to end, 410 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Sulla's Civil War (4), First Mithridatic War (3), Jugurthine War (1).

Second Battle of CirtaSiege of NolaBattle of Mount TifataBattle of SacriportoBattle of Sena GallicaFirst Battle of ClusiumBattle of VercellaeSiege of AthensBattle of ChaeroneaBattle of OrchomenusBattle of the Colline GateBattle of VercellaeSiege of AthensBattle of ChaeroneaBattle of OrchomenusBattle of the Colline GateGenevaNaplesBucharestTunisLyonSofiaBelgradeTiranaPalermoThessaloniki500 km40.842N, 15.164E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

106 BC: 1 engagements101 BC: 1 engagements90 BC: 1 engagements87 BC: 1 engagements86 BC: 2 engagements83 BC: 1 engagements82 BC: 4 engagements4 in 82 BC106 BC82 BC
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Second Battle of Cirta, 106 BCBattle of Vercellae, 101 BCSiege of Nola, 90 BCSiege of Athens, 87 BCBattle of Chaeronea, 86 BCBattle of Orchomenus, 86 BCBattle of Mount Tifata, 83 BCBattle of Sacriporto, 82 BCBattle of Sena Gallica, 82 BCFirst Battle of Clusium, 82 BCBattle of the Colline Gate, 82 BC106 BC82 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
106 BCSecond Battle of CirtaCirta, AlgeriaRoman victory
101 BCBattle of VercellaeVercelli, Italy1,007 km NRoman victory
90 BCSiege of NolaNola, Italy696 km SERoman victory
September 87 BCSiege of AthensAthens, Greece854 km ERoman victory
86 BCBattle of ChaeroneaChaeronea, Greece94 km NWRoman victory
86 BCBattle of OrchomenusOrchomenus, Greece10 km ERoman victory
November 83 BCBattle of Mount TifataItaly805 km NWSullan victory
April 82 BCBattle of SacriportoSacriportus, Italy117 km NWOptimate Victory
April 82 BCBattle of Sena GallicaSenigallia, Italy225 km NOptimate victory
June 82 BCFirst Battle of ClusiumClusium, Italy145 km SWIndecisive
1 November 82 BCBattle of the Colline GateAncient Rome, Italy144 km SESullan victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Own work, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.