Pius sided with Lucius Cornelius Sulla and the Optimates. Pompeius was a supporter of the Dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla. The Optimates' cause reached its peak under the dictatorship (81 BC) of Lucius Cornelius Sulla. The Academy operated until it was destroyed by Lucius Cornelius Sulla in 84 BC. It suffered greatly during the civil wars of Gaius Marius and Sulla. The same year saw her in comic-capers such as "Kalla Malla Sulla" and "Kaanchaana". He also executed his rivals Cornelius Sulla and Rubellius Plautus. He became the new leader of the reform movement silenced by Sulla. Later at Dardanus, Sulla and Mithridates met personally to negotiate terms. This turned the soldiers who had to stay behind against Sulla. In the spring of 87 BC Sulla landed at Dyrrachium, in Illyria. This ability was lost during the dictatorship of Sulla. Crassus had been praetor as the law of Sulla required. Pompey arrests him and takes him to Sulla. In 87 BC, the sanctuary was looted by the Roman general Sulla.