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Gaius Sallustius Crispus | |
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.jpg) Imaginary portrait of Sallust | |
| Born | 86 BC |
| Died | c. 35 BC |
| Nationality | Roman |
| Occupation(s) | Politician and soldier |
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| Relatives | Gaius Sallustius Passienus Crispus (great-nephew and adopted son) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Caesarian |
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| Wars | Caesar's civil war (49–44 BC) |
Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust (/ˈsæləst/, SAL-əst; c. 86–35 BC),[1] was a historian and politician of the Roman Republic from a plebeian family. Probably born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines, Sallust became a partisan of Julius Caesar (100 to 44 BC), circa 50s BC. He is the earliest known Latin-language Roman historian with surviving works to his name, of which Conspiracy of Catiline on the eponymous conspiracy, The Jugurthine War on the eponymous war, and the Histories (of which only fragments survive) remain extant. As a writer, Sallust was primarily influenced by the works of the 5th-century BC Greek historian Thucydides. During his political career he amassed great and ill-gotten wealth from his governorship of Africa.[2]
- ^ Woodman 2008, p. xxvii. "When Sallust died, probably in 35..."
- ^ Woodman 2008, p. xxvii, referencing his estate, "developed with ill-gotten gains from his year's governorship in Africa".