Sallust

Victor Parker (University of Canterbury)

Ed. by Sophia Papaioannou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.1.2: Ancient Roman Writing and Culture (Republic and Empire), -750-476.
Vol. editors: Anca Dan (École Practique de Hautes Études PSL), Martine Diepenbroek (University of Johannesburg), William John Dominik (University of Otago), Giacomo Fedeli (University of Exeter), Victoria Fendel (University of Oxford), Thomas Habinek (University of Southern California), Emily Kneebone (University of Nottingham), Elodie Paillard (University of Sydney), Sophia Papaioannou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Guendalina Daniela Maria Taietti (University of Liverpool), Jula Wildberger (American University of Paris)

Dates

Born -86
Died -35
Activity -66--35

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Born in Ancient Rome (Republic & Empire)
Active in Ancient Rome (Republic & Empire)

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Historian / Chronicler

Other

Politician

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Life

C. Sallustius Crispus was born ca. 86 B.C. in the Sabine town of Amiternum (Hieronymus, Schoene II, p. 133; Consularia Constantinopolitana, p. 224 Burgess). Nothing is known of his early life, though he presumably came from a well-to-do family and received a solid education. He arrived in Rome as a young man and there entered political life (Cat. 3,3). He became Quaestor ca. 56 B.C. (Inv.in Sall. 15) and entered the Senate. He was Tribune of the Plebs in 52 (Asc. Mil. p. 37). Expelled from the Senate in 50 (Dio, XL 63), he took Julius Caesar’s side in the ensuing civil war (Oros. VI 15,8). After Caesar’s victory at Pharsala in 48, he became Quaestor again and accordingly re-entered the Senate (Inv.in Sall. 17). As a loyal lieutenant of Caesar’s (App. Bell.civ. II 92; Dio, XLII

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Citation: Parker, Victor. "Sallust". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 23 September 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3918, accessed 21 November 2024.]