How did the general Sulla change the Roman government when he became dictator after taking power?

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"margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12pt;">1 increased the number of

officers of state elected in any given year

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"margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12pt;">2 gave the newly elected

quaestors gain automatic membership in the Senate.

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"margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12pt;">These two reforms allowed

Sulla to increase the size of the Senate (from 300 to 600 senators)

and removed the need for the censor to draw up a list of

senators

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"margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12pt;">3 transferred the control

of the courts from members of the equestrian order to the senators

and increased the number of courts, thus strengthening the power of

the senators.

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"margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12pt;">4 Ended the role of the

Assembly of the Soldiers as a court of appeal for capital

punishment cases and of the Assembly of the Tribes as a court of

appeal for other cases and transferred these to jury courts

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"margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12pt;">5 codified and finalised

the cursus honorum, the career ladder for public office, and set

the minimum age to be eligible for each office

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"margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12pt;">6 reaffirmed the

requirement of ten years to elapse before being re-elected to any

office.

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"margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12pt;">7 established that the

consuls and the praetors were to serve as provincial governors for

the year after they left office.

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"margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12pt;">Sulla also took measured

to weaken the plebeian tribunes. They were deprived of the power to

propose legislation to the Plebeian Council and the power to veto

the acts of the senate. Ex-tribunes were prohibited from holding

any other office. The tribunes' power to protect individuals

remained intact. Not long after Sulla's death, these measures were

repealed

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