Here is the last piece of my essay - the conclusion. A measly 179 words, I expect I'll have to add to it sometime. Any help would be greeted by lots of positive feelings towards the drafter, and an increased likelihood of reciprocal drafting.
Sulla’s dictatorship brought mixed success in his efforts to bring more stability to the Roman Republic in 81BC. The Great Proscription was tainted by those who Sulla could not stop due to personal debts, allowing for people to be wrongly proscribed, benefiting individuals and creating disharmony amongst Rome. Despite this, the legitimate cases allowed for the stabilisation of the economy and the removal of dissenting factions within Roman politics. Stability was the result of Sulla’s reforms to the political system of Rome, elevating the importance of the Senate through a reduction of the equites, using the adlection of the Cornelians, Italians and select equites to ensure this system was maintained. His efforts would come to nought though, his reforms leading to inactivity with increased competition for prestige, giving way to violence and setting the example for the ultimate rule Sulla tried in his measures to prevent. This wide variation in success in Sulla’s attempts to increase the stability of the republic evidently meant that his dictatorship was only to some extent beneficial to the stability of the Roman Republic.
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