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Loeb Classical Library

The War with Catiline. The War with Jugurtha

Sallust

The War with Catiline. The War with Jugurtha

Loeb Classical Library

The War with Catiline. The War with Jugurtha

Loeb Classical Library: The War with Catiline. The War with Jugurtha

 

"Sallust, Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86-35 BCE), a Sabine from Amiternum, acted against Cicero and Milo as tribune in 52, joined Caesar after being expelled from the Senate in 50, was restored to the senate by Caesar and took part in his African campaign as praetor in 46, and was then appointed governor of New Africa (Numidia).

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Beschrijving Loeb Classical Library: The War with Catiline. The War with Jugurtha

Sallust’s two extant monographs take as their theme the moral and political decline of Rome, one on the conspiracy of Catiline and the other on the war with Jugurtha. Although Sallust is decidedly unsubtle and partisan in analyzing people and events, his works are important and significantly influenced later historians, notably Tacitus.

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9780674996847
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528
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Loeb Classical Library
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683
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1
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Hardback
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Engels
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