Sallust: the War Against Jugurtha

Name: Sallust: the War Against Jugurtha
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ISBN: 9780856686382

ISBN-10: 0856686387

ISBN-13: 9780856686382

Edition: 1997

Authors: Catalina Balmaceda, Michael Comber, Catalina Balmaceda

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The Roman historian C. Sallustius Crispus, better known as Sallust, decided to write about the war against the Numidian king Jugurtha, 'because it was a long and cruel struggle in which fortune swung from side to side; and secondly, because it was then for the first time that a stand was taken against the arrogance of the nobles'. For Sallust, the Jugurthine War clearly revealed the problems of the Republic at that time. The fact that a man such as Jugurtha could rise to power by buying Roman military and civil officials reflected a moral crisis in Roman politics. Sallust's account of the nobles' tactics in conducting the war, the rise of the homo novus, Marius, and the beginnings of…

Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Publication date: 12/16/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 290
Size: 8.30" wide x 5.90" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Sallust's life and career



Sallust as historian



The works of Sallust



Influences and style



The Bellum Iugurthinum



The history of the war



Structure of the work



The characters in the BJ



Jugurtha



Metellus



Sulla



Marius



Thought



Nobility and New Men



Sallust's theory of virtus



Conclusions: what Sallust thought he was doing



A note on the text



A note on the translation



Maps



Chronological chart



Genealogical tables



Abbreviations


Text and Translation


Commentary


Bibliography


Index of names and places