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  1. 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
  2. academic.oup.com

    Abstract. Chapter 2 argues that through his historical works, Sallust emerges both as the advocate of an understanding of virtus that expanded the sense he had inherited of what it meant to be a good Roman and as the promoter of the idea of the contestability of virtus in the ideological struggles of the late republic. It also gives an assessment of Sallust's profound influence on the moral ...
  3. classicalstudies.org

    This paper explores a long-neglected intertextual allusion to shed new light on one of the most striking endings in Roman literature: Sallust's portrayal of the aftermath of the Battle of Pistoria (62 BCE) in the final chapter of his Bellum Catilinae.. Nearly a century has passed since Norwegian philologist Eiliv Skard published a brief note (Skard 1925) pointing out a correspondence between ...
  4. worldhistory.org

    Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86-35 BCE), better known as Sallust, was a Roman statesman and historian. He turned away from an unsuccessful career in both politics and the Roman army, choosing instead on a writing career and produced three major works: Bellum Catilinae (Catiline's War), Bellum Jugurthinum (Jugurthine War), and Histories.Unfortunately, his works would almost be forgotten under ...
  5. artsofliberty.org

    See Hugh Last, On the Sallustian Suasoriae I and II, in Classical Quarterly 17.2, 87-100, and 17.3/4, 151-162. Sallust devotes the first half of the oration to advice on conducting war in a merciful way; the second half, to establishing peace in Italy. To do this, Sallust declares that it is necessary to check the current customs, namely,
  6. Sallust (born c. 86 bc, Amiternum, Samnium [now San Vittorino, near L'Aquila, Italy]—died 35/34 bc) was a Roman historian and one of the great Latin literary stylists, noted for his narrative writings dealing with political personalities, corruption, and party rivalry.. Sallust's family was Sabine and probably belonged to the local aristocracy, but he was the only member known to have ...
  7. onlinelibrary.wiley.com

    Sallust wrote in the late 40s and 30s bce, after the assassination of Caesar, in the face of renewed civil war, triumviral power and proscriptions. His texts offer a number of valuable perspectives on Roman political culture; more than that - from a certain perspective, it could legitimately be said that political culture is exactly Sallust's ...
  8. classicalstudies.org

    Not because of what Sallust writes — Catiline's attempt to overthrow the government or Marius' attempt to change Roman institutions — but because of what he passes over. He was there at the swelling of the atmosphere that led to the burning of the Senate house on January 19 th (what is it about Januaries?), 52 bce, during the funeral of ...
  9. Sallust, a Roman historian, provides a vivid account of life in Rome during the late Republic, around 63 BCE. His works primarily focus on the moral and political decline of the Roman Republic, highlighting the corruption, greed, and ambition that characterized the era. Social Life. Sallust describes a society marked by extreme wealth disparity.
  10. bmcr.brynmawr.edu

    We see the virtus-infused theory of history that Sallust had begun and that Livy had refined compressed by Velleius into historical biography: "[i]mperial history is starting to be written through the emperor's virtues just as we saw republican history being written by Livy through the virtues of the Roman people and by Sallust through ...
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