Works Sallust

1 works

1.1 conspiracy of catiline
1.2 jugurthine war
1.3 other works

works

sallust s account of catiline conspiracy (de coniuratione catilinae or bellum catilinae) , of jugurthine war (bellum iugurthinum) have come down complete, fragments of larger , important work (historiae), history of rome 78 67 bc, intended continuation of cornelius sisenna s work.

the conspiracy of catiline

the conspiracy of catiline (sallust s first published work) contains history of memorable year 63. sallust adopts accepted view of catiline, , describes him deliberate foe of law, order , morality, , not give comprehensive explanation of views , intentions. (catiline had supported party of sulla, whom sallust had opposed.) mommsen has suggested sallust particularly wished clear patron (caesar) of complicity in conspiracy.

in writing conspiracy of catiline, sallust s tone, style, , descriptions of aristocratic behavior show troubled moral decline of rome. while inveighs against catiline s depraved character , vicious actions, not fail state man had many noble traits, indeed roman man needed succeed. in particular, sallust shows catiline courageous in final battle.

this subject gave sallust opportunity show off rhetoric @ expense of old roman aristocracy, degeneracy delighted paint in blackest colours.

the work written between 44 , 40 bc, or between 42 , 41 bc according der kleine pauly. however, louis mackay proposed different dating. according him, conspiracy prepared sallust in 50 bc political pamphlet, not published; after civil war sallust reviewed , published it.

the work not have traces of personal experience, , common explanation sallust s military service during period. main source work de consulatu suo cicero.

jugurthine war

c. 1490 manuscript de bello iugurthino

sallust s jugurthine war monograph recording war against jugurtha in numidia c. 112 bc 105 bc. true value lies in introduction of marius , sulla roman political scene , beginning of rivalry. sallust s time governor of africa nova ought have let author develop solid geographical , ethnographical background war; however, not evident in monograph, despite diversion on subject, because sallust s priority in jugurthine war, catiline conspiracy, use history vehicle judgement on slow destruction of roman morality , politics.

other works

the extant fragments of histories (some discovered in 1886) show sufficiently political partisan, took keen pleasure in describing reaction against sulla s policy , legislation after dictator s death. historians regret loss of work, must have thrown light on eventful period, embracing war against sertorius (died 72 bc), campaigns of lucullus against mithradates vi of pontus (75-66 bc), , victories of pompey in east (66-62 bc).

two letters (duae epistolae de republica ordinanda), letters of political counsel , advice addressed caesar, , attack upon cicero (invectiva or declamatio in ciceronem), attributed sallust, thought modern scholars have come pen of rhetorician of 1st century ad, along counter-invective attributed cicero. @ 1 time marcus porcius latro considered candidate authorship of pseudo-sallustian corpus, view no longer commonly held.