 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Sulla akaita basa rinokosha mukurwisana kwenguva refu kwezvematongerwe enyika pakati pemapoka evakakodzera nevakakurumbira muRoma. Akanga ari mutungamiri wekutanga, uyo akatsvaka kuchengetedza hutungamiri hweSenatorial kurwisana nehupfumi hwevanhu hunotsigirwa neyekupedzisira, inotungamirirwa naMarius. Mukukakavadzana pamusoro pekutungamira hondo yekurwisa Mithridates, iyo yakatanga kupihwa Sulla neSeneti, asi ikadzoserwa semhedzisiro yezvirongwa zvaMarius, Sulla akaenda kuRoma muchiito chisati chamboitika uye akakunda mauto aMarian muhondo. Vanozivikanwa zvisinei vakatora simba apo iye akaenda neuto rake kuAsia. Akadzoka achikunda achibva kumabvazuva muna 82 BC, akafamba kechipiri paRoma, uye akaparadza vanhu uye shamwari dzavo dzeItaly paHondo yeColline Gate. Ipapo akamutsidzira basa romudzvinyiriri, iro rakanga risingashandi chibviro cheHondo yechipiri yePunic, anopfuura zana ramakore pamberi pezvi. Akashandisa masimba ake kuti abvise vavengi vake, uye kuti agadzirise mitemo yeRoma yebumbiro remitemo, kuti adzorere ukuru hweSeneti uye kudzikamisa simba revatungamiriri vevanhu. Achirega basa rake rokudzora muna 79 BC, Sulla akaenda kunogara kwake oga ndokufa gore rakatevera racho. 