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Sulla was closely associated with Venus, adopting the title Epaphroditos meaning favored of Aphrodite/Venus.

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Sulla then returned to the siege of Pompeii. After taking the city, Sulla installs his favored goddess, Venus, as the city's Patron Goddess. He then renamed the city as Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompeiana: Correlia (Cornelian Colony of Pompeii, under the divine protection of Venus). After taking Pompeii and Herculaneum, Sulla captured Aeclanum, the chief town of the Hirpini (he did this by setting the wooden breastworks on fire).