Sallust
Sign in to saveGaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust (, ; ), was a historian and politician of the Roman Republic from a plebeian family. Probably born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines, Sallust became a partisan of Julius Caesar (100 to 44 BC), circa 50s BC. He is the earliest known Latin-language Roman historian with surviving works to his name, of which Conspiracy of Catiline on the eponymous conspiracy, The Jugurthine War on the eponymous war, and the Histories (of which only fragments survive) remain extant. As a writer, Sallust was primarily influenced by the works of the 5th
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Sallust was a Roman politician and historian from the 1st century BC who is the earliest known Latin-language Roman historian whose works have survived to the present day. His surviving writings—including accounts of the Catilinarian conspiracy and the Jugurthine War—provide important historical records of events during the late Roman Republic and remain influential examples of Roman historical writing.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 86 B.C.
- Died
- 34 B.C.
- Works
- 754
Top works
- C. Sallusti Crispi De bello Catilinario et Jugurthino
- C. Crispi Sallvstii De conivratione Catilinae
- C. Crispi Sallustii Catilinaria et Jugurthina bella
- La conjuration de Catilina
- Opera
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- 52
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20 sectionsContents
- Life and career
- Early career
- Caesar's civil war
- Retirement
- Works
- ''Catiline's War''
- ''The Jugurthine War''
- Other works
- Style and themes
- Reception
- As a historian
- Stylistically
- Manuscripts
- Translations
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
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Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust (, ; ), was a historian and politician of the Roman Republic from a plebeian family. Probably born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines, Sallust became a partisan of Julius Caesar (100 to 44 BC), circa 50s BC. He is the earliest known Latin-language Roman historian with surviving works to his name, of which Conspiracy of Catiline on the eponymous conspiracy, The Jugurthine War on the eponymous war, and the Histories (of which only fragments survive) remain extant. As a writer, Sallust was primarily influenced by the works of the 5th-century BC Greek historian Thucydides. During his political career he amassed great and ill-gotten wealth from his governorship of Africa.
== Life and career ==