skybolaSkybola was elected Pontifex Maximus to succeed Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus after his death in 89 BC. A civil war between Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla brokeHis family was a member of the Mucius clan, a plebeian family, and entered Roman politics one after another, starting with Quintus Mucius Skybola, who served as praetor