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Catiline's War, The Jugurthine War, Histories by Sallust
Category: Classic | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Sallust (86-c. 35 bc) is the earliest Roman historian of whom complete works survive, a senator of the Roman Republic and younger contemporary of Cicero, Pompey and Julius Caesar. His "Catiline's War" tells of the conspiracy in 63 bc led by L. Sergius Catilina, who plotted to assassinate numerous senato ...Show more
How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic by Sallust
Category: Humour | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
In 63 BC, frustrated by his failure to be elected leader of the Roman Republic, the aristocrat Catiline tried to topple its elected government. Backed by corrupt elites and poor, alienated Romans, he fled Rome while his associates plotted to burn the city and murder its leading politicians. The attempte ...Show more
The War with Catiline. The War with Jugurtha by Sallust
Category: History | Series: Loeb Classical Library
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 o ...Show more
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