Front Page Authors (by Period) Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)

Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)

86 BC - 34 BC

About the Author

Sallust was a Roman historian. He served in Julius Caesar’s armies in Africa for which he was rewarded with a governorship in North Africa. In the political battles of his time he sided with Caesar against the traditional aristocratic factions. In his retirement he turned to the writing of history.

In The Library:

• author: The Works of Sallust (Gordon’s Discourses, Cicero’s Orations against Catiline) (1744)