 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 88 BC, pashure pokubviswa parutivi nevadzivisi vake vezvematongerwe enyika, Sulla akafora nehondo dzake paRoma ndokutora dzimbahwe. Akatsiva vavengi vake ndokumanikidzira Marius kuti aende muutapwa. Sulla akabva asiya Italy ndokuenda kumabvazuva kunorwa muHondo Yokutanga yeMithridaticmukurwisana naMithridates VI wePonto. Muna 87 BC, Metellus Piuss command yakawedzerwa, nekugadzwa kwake sepropraetor, ane basa rekuenderera mberi nehondo yekurwisa Samnium. Zvisinei, gore iroro rava kunopera, kusawirirana pakati pemakurukota maviri Lucius Cornelius Cinna naGnaeus Octavius kwakaguma nehondo. Cinna, akadzingwa muRoma, akasangana naGaius Marius akanga aendeswa kune imwe nyika, uye pamwe chete neshamwari yavo Quintus Sertorius vakaenda kuRoma ndokukomba guta racho. Munguva yokutanga kwehondo iyi, dare reSeneti, richityira kuti raizoda mamwe mauto nevatungamiriri, rakarayira Metellus Pius kuti ataurirane nevaSamnite kuti vawane rugare. 