LEADER 03279oam 22004334 450 001 996217622403316 005 20230807193226.0 010 $a0-674-99686-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000477791 035 $a(OCoLC)910938741 035 $a(MaCbHUP)hup0000622 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000477791 100 $a20150514d2015 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn|||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFragments of the histories$eLetters to Caesar /$fSallust ; edited and translated by John T. Ramsey 210 1$aCambridge, MA :$cHarvard University Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aLoeb Classical Library ; $v522 300 $aIncludes indexes. 327 $aPreface -- General introduction -- References -- General bibliography -- Sigla -- The Histories -- Letters to Caesar -- Divergences from Maurenbrecher's edition -- Concordances -- Indexes -- Maps. 330 $aThe Histories of Sallust (86-35 BCE), while fragmentary, provide invaluable information about a crucial period of history from 78 to around 67 BCE. In this volume, John T. Ramsey has freshly edited the Histories and the two pseudo-Sallustian Letters to Caesar, completing the Loeb Classical Library edition of his works.$bSallust, Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86-35 BCE), a Sabine from Amiternum, acted as tribune against Cicero and Milo in 52, joined Caesar after being expelled from the Senate in 50, was restored to the Senate by Caesar and took part in his African campaign as praetor in 46, and was then appointed governor of New Africa (Numidia). Upon his return to Rome he narrowly escaped conviction for malfeasance in office, retired from public life, and took up historiography. Sallust's last work, the annalistic Histories in five books, is much more expansive than his monographs on Catiline and Jugurtha (LCL 116), treating the whole of Roman history at home and abroad in the post-Sullan age. Although fragmentary, it provides invaluable information and insight about a crucial period of history spanning the period from 78 to around 67 BCE. Although Sallust is decidedly unsubtle and partisan in analyzing people and events, his works are important and significantly influenced later historians, notably Tacitus. Taking Thucydides as his model but building on Roman stylistic and rhetorical traditions, Sallust achieved a distinctive style, concentrated and arresting; lively characterizations, especially in the speeches; and skill at using particular episodes to illustrate large general themes. For this volume, which completes the Loeb Classical Library edition of Sallust's works, John T. Ramsey has freshly edited the Histories and the two pseudo-Sallustian Letters to Caesar, supplying ample annotation. 606 $aHistorians$zRome 606 $aLatin literature$vTranslations into English 607 $aRome (Empire)$2fast 615 0$aHistorians 615 0$aLatin literature 676 $a937.0508 700 $aSallust$f86 B.C.-34 B.C.,$0154956 702 $aRamsey$b J. T.$g(John T.), 801 0$bMaCbHUP 801 2$bTLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996217622403316 996 $aFragments of the histories$92558383 997 $aUNISA