This man eliminated the post of princeps senatus, increased the number of quaestors and praetors, and doubled the size of the Senate from 300 to 600.
This man eliminated the post of princeps senatus, increased the number of quaestors and praetors, and doubled the size of the Senate from 300 to 600. After hearing of Cinna's death, he started a rebellion that ended with his victory at the Battle of the Colline Gate. As quaestor, he diplomatically convinced Jugurtha to surrender during the Jugurthine War. After consolidating power, he had thousands of enemies killed by routinely publishing lists of them in the Forum with the promise of reward money for their deaths during his namesake "proscriptions." For 10 points, name this dictator of the Roman Republic and rival of Marius.
This man eliminated the post of princeps senatus, increased the number of quaestors and praetors, and doubled the size of the Senate from 300 to 600.
Lucius Cornelius Sulla