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  1. classicalstudies.org

    One of the chief attributes of Sallust's historiographical style, across his corpus, is his emphasis on moral turning points in Rome's history. This paper reconsiders our understanding of these turning points in Sallust, and argues that they serve as a literary and narratological device for conveying his particular interpretation of Roman history.
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  3. romanempiretimes.com

    Nov 13, 2024A possible representation of a group of ancient Roman elite aristocrats discussing about Sallust's works. Illustration: Midjourney. Living through turbulent times, Sallust witnessed firsthand the moral decay and political corruption that, in his view, eroded the foundations of Rome's greatness. His major works, The Conspiracy of Catiline and The Jugurthine War, not only recount significant ...
  4. African Studies American Studies Ancient Near East and Egypt Art History Asian Studies Biblical Studies Biology Book History and Cartography Classical Studies Education History Human Rights and Humanitarian Law International Law ... This book offers a new interpretation of the Roman historian Sallust, which places him at the centre of the rich ...
  5. academic.oup.com

    Abstract. This chapter presents the perspective on late Republican socioeconomic life of the major Roman historian of the era, Sallust. Sallust makes proportionally far more mentions of greed and debt than any other Roman author, showing that the effects of socioeconomic conduct were important in his view of how the political culture he was analyzing worked.
  6. classics.princeton.edu

    Gaius Sallustius Crispus ('Sallust', 86-35 BCE) is the earliest Roman historian from whom any works survive. His two extant writings chronicle crucial moments of a political, social, and ethical revolution with profound consequences for his own life and those of his audience.
  7. academic.oup.com

    The fact that a man such as Jugurtha could rise to power by buying Roman military and civil officials reflected a moral crisis in Roman politics. Sallust's account of the nobles' tactics in conducting the war, the rise of the homo novus, Marius, and the beginnings of Sulla's career are particularly effective at showing how Romans sought ...
  8. research-information.bris.ac.uk

    Department of Classics & Ancient History; Research output: Book/Report › Authored book. Overview; Fingerprint; Abstract. This book offers a new interpretation of the Roman historian Sallust, which places him at the centre of the rich intellectual world of late Republican Rome. Drawing on the evidence of Sallust's digressions in particular ...
  9. academia.edu

    Sallust and the Roman History. Comparative Studies Against a Background of Greek and Roman Historiography, Kraków 2003, 255 pages English Summary, p. 211-220 I intend to present the final conclusions in which I will try to show and emphasize my original contribution into the studies on the concept of Roman history in the works of Sallust.
  10. cambridge.org

    In Chapter 3 S. turns to the influence of Thucydides on Sallust's political digressions, which deal with the state of Roman society at the time of Catiline (Bellum Catilinae 36.4-39.5) and of Jugurtha (Bellum Jugurthinum 41-2). Rather than focusing on the deeds of the great men who magnified Rome, Sallust frames contemporary politics in ...
  11. Emile, Bk. IV, implies that Sallust was among the wisest of ancient historians (see Pléiade edition, Vol. IV, p. 529). In The Social Contract, Bk. Ill, ch. 5, Rousseau added a quotation from the fragments of Sallust's Histories to D'Invernois's copy (see Pléiade edition, Vol. Ill, p. 1478). David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, Bk.
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