March 1, 86 BC – Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus ending the Siege of Athens and Piraeus.
Lucius Cornelius Sulla broke through the city walls on March 1, 86 BC, somewhere in the vicinity of the Kerameikos. Incensed, perhaps par...