Sallust

Also known as Gaius Sallustius Crispus

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

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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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Listeners: 8
Total plays: 52

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Oxford Classical Texts: C. Sallusti Crispi: Catilina, Iugurtha, Historiarum Fragmenta Selecta, Appendix Sallustiana
· 1991 · cited 38x
The War with Catiline
· 2013 · cited 6x
The War with Jugurtha
· 2013 · cited 3x
40
· 1994 · cited 2x
92
· 1992 · cited 2x

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Quotes

“As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.”
“Satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum.”
“Nam divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est, virtus clara aeternaque habetur.”
“Sed nostra omnis vis in animo et corpore sita est; animi imperio, corporis servitio magis utimur; alterum nobis cum dis, alterum cum beluis commune est.”
“Verum ubi pro labore desidia, pro continentia et aequitate libido atque superbia invasere, fortuna simul cum moribus immutatur. Ita imperium semper ad optimum quemque a minus bono transfertur. (II)”
“Sed multi mortales dediti ventri atque somno, indocti incultique vitam sicuti peregrinantes transiere.”

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Key facts

Person.name: Sallust
Person.native_name: Gaius Sallustius Crispus
Person.native_name_lang: la
Person.image: Salluste (cropped).jpg
Person.caption: Imaginary portrait of Sallust
Person.birth_date: October 1, 86 BC
Person.birth_place: Amiternum
Person.death_date: May 13,
Person.occupation: Politician and soldier
Person.relatives: Gaius Sallustius Passienus Crispus (great-nephew and adopted son)
Military person.embed: yes
Military person.allegiance: Caesarian
Military person.battles_label: Wars