The early 1900s caption for this illustration reads: Sulla Fights His Way into Rome. Sulla was the rival who drove the party of Marius from Rome. He then led an army to conquests in Asia, and in his absence the Marians regained their power. Sulla in his turn was declared an outlaw. He came back fierce with rage, and fought his way into Rome at the head of his troops. The citizens opposed him, knowing well the bloody vengeance he would wreak on all sides. The contest was kept up from street to street, and every foot of Sulla’s victorious struggle toward the Senate house was marked with blood.

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