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Battle of the Colline Gate

82 BCE · 1st century BCE · Part of the Sulla's civil war

The Battle of the Colline Gate was fought on 1 November 82 BCE outside the walls of Rome. Sulla's army defeated a force of Samnites and Lucanians led by Pontius Telesinus, fighting with Roman opponents of Sulla, in a hard battle that lasted into the night, after which Sulla had thousands of prisoners killed. The victory ended the civil war in Italy and made Sulla dictator.

Battle of the Colline Gate
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