Lucius Cornelius Sulla - Appearance

Appearance

According to Erik Hildinger, Sulla was blonde, blue eyed, and had a "wine-marked" white face covered with red marks. Plutarch, the ancient historian, notes that Sulla considered that "his golden head of hair gave him a singular appearance."

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