Talk:78 BC

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Calling the anti-Sullan forces "democratic" leads to anachronistic misunderstandings. The Gracchi, Marians, Sertorians, etc. were not democratic-republicans, any more than Spartacus was a proto-Marxist. These were factions based on personal loyalty and calculated cost/benefit analysis. True, some factions courted the lower classes with meaningless populist verbage and shallow reforms, but in the end the talk was empty. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.110.159.227 (talk) 01:55, 9 April 2010 (UTC)