Nihil illa victoria fuisset crudelius, nisi mox Sullana esset secuta; neque licentia gladiorum in mediocris saevitum, sed excelsissimi quoque atque eminentissimi civitatis viri variis suppliciorum generibus adfecti.
No victory would ever have exceeded his in cruelty had Sullas not followed soon afterwards. Nor did the licence of the sword play havoc among the obscure alone; the highest and most distinguished men in the state were made the victims of many kinds of vengeance.
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