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Catiline's War, The Jugurthine War, Histories Paperback - 2007

by Sallust (Author)

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The only surviving works from one of the world's earliest historians, in important new translations

Sallust's first published work, Catiline's War, contains the memorable history of the year 63, including his thoughts on Catiline, a Roman politician who made an ill-fated attempt to overthrow the Roman Republic. In The Jugurthine War, Sallust dwells upon the feebleness of the Senate and aristocracy, having collected materials and compiled notes for this work during his governorship of Numidia.

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Penguin Classics, 2007. Paperback. New. revised edition. 256 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.50 inches.
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  • Title Catiline's War, The Jugurthine War, Histories
  • Author Sallust (Author)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition New
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Classics, London United Kingdom
  • Date 2007
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # __0140449485
  • ISBN 9780140449488 / 0140449485
  • Weight 0.43 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.76 x 5.22 x 0.61 in (19.71 x 13.26 x 1.55 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Library of Congress subjects Rome - History - Conspiracy of Catiline,, Jugurthine War, 111-105 B.C
  • Dewey Decimal Code 878.01

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Summary

The only surviving works from one of the world's earliest historians, in important new translations

Sallust's first published work, Catiline's War, contains the memorable history of the year 63, including his thoughts on Catiline, a Roman politician who made an ill-fated attempt to overthrow the Roman Republic. In The Jugurthine War, Sallust dwells upon the feebleness of the Senate and aristocracy, having collected materials and compiled notes for this work during his governorship of Numidia.

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Includes bibliographical references and index. Translated from the Latin.

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About the author

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 the 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 produced Tacitus Reviewed, co-edited Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horace, and published an award-winning translation of Tacitus' Annals.