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Sallust

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Sal·lust  (slst) Originally Gaius Sallustius Crispus. 86?-34? b.c.
Roman politician and historian known for his account of the conspiracy of Catiline.

Sallust [ˈsæləst]
n
(Biographies / Sallust (86 bc-?34 bc) M, Roman, HISTORY: historian, POLITICS: statesman) full name Gaius Sallustius Crispus. 86-?34 bc, Roman historian and statesman, noted for his histories of the Catiline conspiracy and the Roman war against Jugurtha
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Sallust [ˈsæləst] NSalustio


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9783110213256 The invectives of Sallust and Cicero; critical edition with introduction, translation, and commentary.
Virgil and Sallust were studied more intensively than any American writers.
In Jugurthine War (translated by John Selby Watson), Chapter 91, the Roman historian Sallust calmly relates what the Roman army did after the town of Capsa surrendered without a fight: The town, however, was burned.
 
 
 
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