Sallust
Sallust
Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust, was a Roman historian, politician, and novus homo from a provincial plebeian family. Sallust was born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines and was a popularis, an opponent of the old Roman aristocracy, throughout his career, and later a partisan of Julius Caesar. Sallust is the earliest known Roman historian with surviving works to his name, of which Catiline's War, The Jugurthine War, and the Historiesare still extant. Sallust was primarily...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionHistorian
Sallust quotes about
rewards great-reward
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
extravagance greedy extravagant
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
brave victory boast
In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.