{"product_id":"fragments-of-the-histories-letters-sallust-9780674996861","title":"Fragments of the Histories. Letters to Caesar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChronicles of a Caesarean partisan.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSallust, Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86-35 BC), a Sabine from Amiternum, acted as tribune against Cicero and Milo in 52, joined Caesar after being expelled from the Senate in 50, was restored to the Senate by Caesar and took part in his African campaign as praetor in 46, and was then appointed governor of New Africa (Numidia). Upon his return to Rome he narrowly escaped conviction for malfeasance in office, retired from public life, and took up historiography. Sallust's last work, the annalistic \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e in five books, is much more expansive than his monographs on Catiline and Jugurtha (LCL 116), treating the whole of Roman history at home and abroad in the post-Sullan age. Although fragmentary, it provides invaluable information and insight about a crucial period of history spanning the period from 78 to around 67 BC. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough Sallust is decidedly unsubtle and partisan in analyzing people and events, his works are important and significantly influenced later historians, notably Tacitus. Taking Thucydides as his model but building on Roman stylistic and rhetorical traditions, Sallust achieved a distinctive style, concentrated and arresting; lively characterizations, especially in the speeches; and skill at using particular episodes to illustrate large general themes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor this volume, which completes the Loeb Classical Library edition of Sallust's works, John T. Ramsey has freshly edited the \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e and the two pseudo-Sallustian \u003ci\u003eLetters to Caesar\u003c\/i\u003e, supplying ample annotation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sallust\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674996860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674996861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.50h x 4.40w x 1.30d","brand":"Sallust","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45264996958463,"sku":"9780674996861","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df14388c-4457-41f0-8172-9d7f4c95b3b6.jpg?v=1713419852","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fragments-of-the-histories-letters-sallust-9780674996861","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}