Sallust

[ sal-uhst ]

noun

1. Caius Sallustius Crispus, 86–34 b.c., Roman historian.

Sallust

/ ˈsæləst /

noun

1. Sallust86 bc?34 bcMRomanHISTORY: historianPOLITICS: statesman full name Gaius Sallustius Crispus. 86–?34 bc , Roman historian and statesman, noted for his histories of the Catiline conspiracy and the Roman war against Jugurtha

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Sallust is ruthless and charming, a connoisseur of rare wines and rare women.

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As happens in books like these, Sallust pretty much single-handedly wins the war.

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As the war began, he started a series of novels featuring secret agent Gregory Sallust.

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And he had been inventing strategic deceptions for Sallust for years.

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That James Bond greatly resembles Gregory Sallust is not an accident.

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He was employed to restore the garden of Sallust; many of his original pieces have been engraved.

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Sallust made Thucydides his model, but fell below him in genius and elevated sentiment.

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Like Voltaire, who inaugurated modern history, Sallust thought more of style than of accuracy as to facts.

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The style of Sallust is brilliant, but his art is always apparent; he is clear and lively, but rhetorical.

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How effective these could be made is seen in the speeches inserted in their histories by Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus.

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