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Talk:Publius Cornelius Sulla (praetor 212 BC)

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Is the flamen dialis the same man as the praetor? Not according to the Slavic languages. They have separate articles. Tostarpadius (talk) 14:38, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

His entry in the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology says they were the same. Is there anything we could use as a source here that suggests they were different persons? Perhaps they're simply duplicate articles on other wikis. P Aculeius (talk) 17:11, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
(belated reply) Keaveney's Sulla: the Last Republican says that P. Cornelius Sulla the flamen dialis was the son of P. Cornelius Rufinus, consul in 290; his son (also P. Cornelius Sulla) was the praetor in 212. It was the praetor, according to Keaveney, who instituted the ludi Apollinares (pp.5-6) ... Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 14:53, 22 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]