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Sallust is the earliest Roman historian of whom complete works survive, a senator of the Roman Republic and younger contemporary of Cicero, Pompey and Julius Caesar. His Catiline's War tells of the conspiracy in 63 bc led by L. Sergius Catilina, who plotted to assassinate... Read Full Overview

Sallust was one of the first classical historians to move beyond a dry recitation of fact to paint sharp-edged portraits of the moral and political degeneration of the Roman Republic. Sallust's abrupt and distinctive style is the perfect vehicle for his moral urgency, bitter... Read Full Overview

Gaius Sallustius Crispus, or Sallust, was a renowned Roman historian and a decided partisan of Caesar. After his retirement from statesmanship, Sallust devoted his time to the writing of literary and historical works that focused on great persons and events of his age. Although... Read Full Overview

This first new edition of Sallust in over thirty years is based on a fresh study and collation of the manuscripts as well as careful consideration of the indirect tradition. Besides the well-known Catiline and Jugurtha, the volume contains more than seventy of the longer or more... Read Full Overview

Issu d'une famille libre mais d'origine plebeienne, C. Sallustius Crispus est ne a Amiternum, en Sabine, en 86 avant J.C.. Brillant, voluptueux et lettre, il ne tarde pas a embrasser la carriere politique. L'amitie inconditionnee que lui porte Cesar, lui vaut une ascension, puis... Read Full Overview

Tale liber est C. Crispi Sallustii Belli Catilinarii Et Jugurthini Historiae, scriptus a Sallustio, M. Anno MDCCCXVII. In eo, Sallustius res gestas Catilinae et Jugurthae narrat, duorum virorum qui Romae vixerunt et rem publicam turbaverunt. In praefatione, Sallustius suas res... Read Full Overview

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization... Read Full Overview

This edition presents Sallust's historical works, 'De Catilinae Conjuratione' (The Conspiracy of Catiline) and 'Bellum Jugurthinum' (The Jugurthine War), offering invaluable insights into the political and military history of the late Roman Republic. Sallust's narratives delve... Read Full Overview

This is an 1808 edition of C. Crispus Sallustius's historical works, "Belli Catilinarii et Jugurthini Historiae." Sallust, a Roman historian, is renowned for his accounts of the conspiracy of Catiline and the Jugurthine War. This edition, likely intended for scholarly study,... Read Full Overview

C. Crispi Sallustii Belli Catilinarii Et Jugurthini Historiae is a historical work by the Roman author Sallust. This edition presents Sallust's accounts of two significant conflicts in Roman history: the conspiracy of Catiline (Bellum Catilinae) and the Jugurthine... Read Full Overview