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Catiline’s War, the Jugurthine War, Histories

by Sallust

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Sallust’s surviving histories are useful sources for three late-republican crises: the Catilinarian conspiracy in Rome in 63 BCE, the Jugurthine War in Numidia from 112 to 105 BCE, and the political instability that followed Sulla. The book covers the people, places and political pressures behind Catiline’s attempted rising, Jugurtha’s resistance to Roman command in North Africa, and the way bribery, debt, ambition and military patronage corroded republican government.

Historical periods

Ancient Rome Roman Republic Sullan Civil War and Proscriptions Ancient World Catilinarian Conspiracy Late Roman Republic

Genres

Classical Literature

Historical people

Julius Caesar101 BCE–45 BCE Cicero107 BCE–44 BCE Sallust87 BCE–36 BCE Catilinec. 108–62 BCE Jugurtha Sullac. 138–78 BCE