person
Gaius Sallustius Crispus
Sallust
also: Sallust, Sallustius
The Roman historian (86–35 BC), author of the Catiline and Jugurtha; Seneca cites his dictum that the gravest matters must be treated with care.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §4.1.1 Sallust
The Roman historian (86–35 BC); Seneca borrows his maxim that the weightiest subjects must be handled with care.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §6.60.4 Sallust
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86--35 BC), the Roman historian; Seneca quotes the famous opening of his Catiline, where men who live only for the belly are likened to beasts.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §19.114.17 Sallust
C. Sallustius Crispus (86–35 BC), the historian whose terse, abrupt, archaizing style set a fashion others overdid.