Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Sulla

Battles of Sulla

Roman dictator and general, 138 BC to 78 BC

Sulla is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 101 BC and 82 BC: 8 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Italy (6), Greece (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,048 km apart end to end, 381 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Mithridatic War (3), Sulla's Civil War (3), Cimbrian War (1).

Battle of Mount TifataBattle of SacriportoBattle of Sena GallicaFirst Battle of ClusiumBattle of VercellaeSiege of AthensBattle of ChaeroneaBattle of OrchomenusBattle of the Colline GateBattle of VercellaeSiege of AthensBattle of ChaeroneaBattle of OrchomenusBattle of the Colline GateNaplesSofiaBelgradeTiranaPalermoThessalonikiZagrebSarajevoFlorenceCatania500 km41.648N, 16.066E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

101 BC: 1 engagements87 BC: 1 engagements86 BC: 2 engagements83 BC: 1 engagements82 BC: 4 engagements4 in 82 BC101 BC82 BC
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Vercellae, 101 BCSiege of Athens, 87 BCBattle of Chaeronea, 86 BCBattle of Orchomenus, 86 BCBattle of Mount Tifata, 83 BCBattle of Sacriporto, 82 BCBattle of Sena Gallica, 82 BCFirst Battle of Clusium, 82 BCBattle of the Colline Gate, 82 BC101 BC82 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
101 BCBattle of VercellaeVercelli, ItalyRoman victory
September 87 BCSiege of AthensAthens, Greece1,507 km SERoman victory
86 BCBattle of ChaeroneaChaeronea, Greece94 km NWRoman victory
86 BCBattle of OrchomenusOrchomenus, Greece10 km ERoman victory
November 83 BCBattle of Mount TifataItaly805 km NWSullan victory
April 82 BCBattle of SacriportoSacriportus, Italy117 km NWOptimate Victory
April 82 BCBattle of Sena GallicaSenigallia, Italy225 km NOptimate victory
June 82 BCFirst Battle of ClusiumClusium, Italy145 km SWIndecisive
1 November 82 BCBattle of the Colline GateAncient Rome, Italy144 km SESullan victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Own work, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.