Thus, by the time winter brought campaigning to an end in 83 BC Sulla now controlled Liguria, Sardinia and isolated areas of northern Italy, and also had Picenum, Apulia and most of Campania – with the exception of Capua where Norbanus remained stubbornly behind the walls rejecting every overture of peace. The reaction of the Italians to Sulla’s arrival would be crucial to success or failure in 82 BC, so Sulla spent much of the winter in diplomatic overtures to Rome’s newest citizens.
