The Jugurthine War: And The Conspiracy of Catiline

Sallust

Penguin, Jan 1, 1963 - History - 240 pages

These are the only surviving works by a man who held various public offices in Rome and was a friend of Caesar's and an opponent of Cicero's.

Contents

• LIFE AND WRITINGS OF SALLUST: 7
• INTRODUCTION: 35
• Jugurthas Rise to Power 118116 B C: 43
• The First Campaigns 111109 B C: 63
• Metelluss First Campaign 109 B C: 80
• Metelluss Second Campaign 108 B C: 107
• The New Consul 107 B C: 116
• Mariuss First Campaign 107 B C: 123
• The Betrayal of Jugurtha 106105 B C: 138
• INTRODUCTION: 175
• Catilines First Attempts at Revolution: 184
• Early Stages of the Conspiracy: 194
• Party Strife at Rome: 203
• The Debate in the Senate and the Punishment of: 215
• Defeat and Death of Catiline: 228
• MAPS: 234

About the author

Roman historian and politician [Gaius Sallustius Crispus], known as Sallust, was a tribune of the people and a praetor. In 50 b.c., after being expelled from the Senate supposedly for adultery, he showed his support for Julius Caesar by participating in his African campaign and by serving as his governor in Numidia (modern-day Algeria). Charged with extortion upon his return to Rome, he retreated from public life and retired to literary pursuits. His first work, Catilina (43--42 b.c.), recounts the suppression of Catiline's conspiracy to seize power. His next work, Jugurtha (41--40 b.c.), focuses on the frailties of the Roman aristocracy during the war against the Numidian king Jugurtha. Sallust's Histories---his last work---devoted to the history of Rome, survives only in fragments and probably covers the period from 78 to 67 b.c. In his literary pursuits, which tend to be inaccurate and strongly biased, Sallust distinguished himself more for his terse and direct style than for substance. Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus), (86-34 BC), was a Roman historian. His principal works are theBellum Catilinae, on the conspiracy of Catiline and his account of the Jugurthine War, Bellum Jugurthinum.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Jugurthine War: And The Conspiracy of Catiline; Classics Series; Volume 132 of Penguin classics
• Author: Sallust
• Editor: Stanley Alexander Handford
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Penguin, 1963
• ISBN: 0140441328, 9780140441321
• Length: 240 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / Rome; History / Military / General