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The Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jugurthine War

Sallust

Politics & EconomicsEnglish
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In The Conspiracy of Catiline, Sallust tells how, in 63 BC, a ruined, ambitious aristocrat, Lucius Sergius Catilina, plotted to seize power in Rome and was…

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Author
Sallust
Category
Politics & Economics
Language
English
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Project Gutenberg

About this book

In The Conspiracy of Catiline, Sallust tells how, in 63 BC, a ruined, ambitious aristocrat, Lucius Sergius Catilina, plotted to seize power in Rome and was exposed by the consul Cicero; it includes the great debate in the Senate on the conspirators' fate between Julius Caesar, who argued for mercy, and Cato, who demanded death. The Jugurthine War tells of Rome's war in North Africa against Jugurtha, king of Numidia in today's Algeria and Tunisia, who bribed senators until Rome finally defeated him.

Context and significance

Sallust (86–about 35 BC), a supporter of Caesar who withdrew from politics to write history, saw in both stories the corruption of the Roman nobility by wealth and ambition. This translation is by J. S. Watson. Read Cicero's De Officiis and Caesar's Commentaries.

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