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Sallust, Latin in full Gaius Sallustius Crispus, (born c. 86 bc, Amiternum, Samnium [now San Vittorino, near L’Aquila, Italy]—died 35/34 bc), Roman historian and one of the great Latin literary stylists, noted for his narrative writings dealing with political personalities, corruption, and party rivalry.  · Sallust, 2d ed. Heidelberg: Winter. First edition published in A magisterial overview in German, more concerned with historiographic and literary aspects and less intent on historical background than is Syme. Levene, D. S. Sallust. In The Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Greece and Rome, vol. 6. Edited by Michael Gagarin and Elaine Fantham, – BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF SALLUST. SALLUST was born at Amiternum, a town in the Sabine territory, on the first of October, 1 in the year six hundred and sixty-six 2 from the foundation of Rome, eighty-seven years before Christ, and in the seventh consulship of Marius. The name of his father was Caius Sallustius; 3 that of his mother is unknown.

Statue of Sallust in L'Aquila. Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust (86 BC - c. 35 BC) was a Roman historian, politician, and novus homo from a provincial plebeian family. Sallust was born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines and was a popularis, opposer of the old Roman aristocracy throughout his career, and later a partisan of Julius Caesar. General Overviews. Syme is still a good starting point for the study of Sallust and his works, especially with the edition including an extensive introduction by Mellor. Shorter narrative treatments include Kraus and Woodman and a chapter in Mellor Büchner provides a full overview in German, but Schmal is the most thorough and best-organized German introduction. Sallust. Sallust (ca. 35 B.C.), or Gaius Sallustius Crispus, was a Roman statesman and historian. Rejecting the annalistic method of writing history, he concentrated with improved accuracy and narrative technique on critical stages in the decline of the Roman Republic. Sallust was born of plebeian stock in the small Sabine town of Amiternum.

Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust, was a Roman historian and politician from an Italian plebeian family. Sallust was born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines and was a popularis, an opponent of the old Roman aristocracy, throughout his career, and later a partisan of Julius Caesar. Sallust is the earliest known Latin-language Roman historian with surviving works to his name, of which Catiline's War, The Jugurthine War, and the Histories are still extant. Sallust was. Sallust, 2d ed. Heidelberg: Winter. First edition published in A magisterial overview in German, more concerned with historiographic and literary aspects and less intent on historical background than is Syme. Levene, D. S. Sallust. In The Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Greece and Rome, vol. 6. Edited by Michael Gagarin and Elaine Fantham, – Sallust, Latin in full Gaius Sallustius Crispus, (born c. 86 bc, Amiternum, Samnium [now San Vittorino, near L’Aquila, Italy]—died 35/34 bc), Roman historian and one of the great Latin literary stylists, noted for his narrative writings dealing with political personalities, corruption, and party rivalry.