med democrat by his friends in the Senate. Sulla wanted to wipe out the leaders and supporters of the Popular Party, so he embarked on a reign of terror. Each informer was promised half of the victim's confiscated property. Many people joined in the hunt. They roamed the streets of Rome seeking victims. During this period, almost 5,000 people were killed and Sulla's aim was complete. The Popular Party was wiped out. However, one young man, whose family had popular sympathies escaped the witch-hunt. He was Julius Caesar.
             At 17, Caesar had fallen in love with Cornelia, daughter of Cinna, and married her soon after. Sulla thought that the young man could become a leader, so he summoned him and asked him to divorce Cornelia. He insisted that Caesar marry another girl whom Sulla
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