Sulla (less correctly Sylla), ae, m., a surname in the gens Cornelia. So, esp.,
I L. Cornelius Sulla Felix, the celebrated Roman dictator , Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; Sall. J. 100, 2; Flor. 3, 21, 5; Vell. 2, 17, 1.
II —Hence, Sullānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sulla : tempus, Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46: ager, id. Agr. 2, 26, 70: assignationes, id. ib. 3, 1, 3: proscriptio, Sen. Ira, 2, 34, 3: saeculum, id. ib. 1, 20, 4: partes, Nep. Att. 2: tempora, Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 123. — Subst.: Sullāni , ōrum, m., partisans of Sulla , Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7.—
II L. Cornelius Sulla Faustus, usually called Faustus Sulla, a son of the dictator , Cic. Clu. 34, 94; id. Agr. 1, 4, 12; id. Att. 8, 3, 7 al.—
III P. Cornelius Sulla, a relation of the dictator , accused of ambitus, and defended by Cicero in an oration still extant. —
IV Publius and Servius Sulla, conspirators with Catiline , Sall. C. 17, 3; cf. Cic. Sull. 2, 4.—
V An astrologer of the time of Caligula , Suet. Calig. 57.