Sullan : of or enacted by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Felix) (138-78 BC): Roman general & dictator who carried out notable constitutional reforms in an attempt to strengthen the Roman Republic during the last century of its existence.
... can consider and put in their right place the brief reactions which only modified without actually Page 134 preventing the overt realisation of new ideas. We can see for instance that the Sullan restoration of Roman oligarchy, the Stuart restoration in England or the brief return of monarchy in France with the Bourbons were no real restorations, but a momentary damming of the tide attended ...
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