Lucius Cornelius Sulla came from a good, but not very wealthy Roman family. He proved his worth during the Social War (91-89 BC). Strangely for a man who himself ignored the senate's wishes and who killed an unprecedented number of its members, he did much to restore its authority. That the Gracchi brothers had stripped away. The damaging conflicts with the Gracchi brothers and their infamous use of other assemblies, the senate was now reaffirmed as the highest body, entitled to veto any decision reached by another assembly. The power held by the Tribunes of the People was virtually abolished, as they now no longer possessed the power to challenge the senate. So, he was basically the counter-attack to what the Gracchi brothers had tried to
