Catiline's War, The Jugurthine War, Histories
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- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
24 March 2008
Summary
Sallust’s Rome: Conspiracies, Corruption, and War
Sallust (86-c. 35 bc), a senator of the Roman Republic and contemporary of Cicero, Pompey, and Julius Caesar, offers a gripping window into a tumultuous era.
Catiline’s War: Witness the unraveling of a plot to assassinate senators and seize control of Rome, led by the infamous Catiline in 63 bc. Sallust’s vivid account exposes the moral decay and internal conflicts plaguing the Republic.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140449488 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140449485 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Sallust |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 24 March 2008 |
| Weight: | 179g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 15mm |
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Sallust
Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus), (86-34 BC), was a Roman historian. His principal works are the Bellum Catilinae, on the conspiracy of Catiline and his account of the Jugurthine War, Bellum Jugurthinum.
A. J. Woodman is Basil L. Gildersleeve Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia. He has co-authored commentaries on Tacitus’ Annals, and a monograph Latin Historians. Most recently he has produced Tacitus Reviewed, co-edited Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horace, and published an award-winning translation of Tacitus’ Annals.
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