De quo iuvene quid existimaverit Sulla, in promptu est; occiso enim demum eo Felicis nomen adsumpsit, quod quidem usurpassef iustissime, si eundem et vincendi et vivendi finem habuisset.
Sullas  estimate of the young man is manifest; for it was only after he was slain that he took the name of Felix,a a name which he would have been completely justified in assuming had his life ended with his victory.
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