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Sallust: The War Against Jugurtha
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 Sulla's career are particularly effective at showing how Romans sought individual power and advantages often at the expense of the state. Sallust is determined to illustrate decay, and with a successful choice of words and phrases he achieves not only a powerful exposition of the nature and propagation of political decline, but also the congruence between the sickly condition of the state and the mores of its citizens.
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Sallust: The War Against Jugurtha
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 Sulla's career are particularly effective at showing how Romans sought individual power and advantages often at the expense of the state. Sallust is determined to illustrate decay, and with a successful choice of words and phrases he achieves not only a powerful exposition of the nature and propagation of political decline, but also the congruence between the sickly condition of the state and the mores of its citizens.
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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 Sulla's career are particularly effective at showing how Romans sought individual power and advantages often at the expense of the state. Sallust is determined to illustrate decay, and with a successful choice of words and phrases he achieves not only a powerful exposition of the nature and propagation of political decline, but also the congruence between the sickly condition of the state and the mores of its citizens.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780856686382
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Publication date: 02/12/2009
Series: Classical Texts Series
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 290
Product dimensions: 8.30(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Introduction 1

I Sallust's life and career 1

II Sallust as historian 2

1 The works of Sallust 2

2 Influences and style 3

III The Bellum Iugurthinum 6

1 The history of the war 6

2 Structure of the work 9

3 The characters in the BJ 10

a Jugurtha 10

b Metellus 13

c Sulla 14

d Marius 15

4 Thought 18

a Nobility and New Men 18

b Sallust's theory of virtus 20

c Conclusions: what Sallust thought he was doing 26

IV A note on the text 28

V A note on the translation 28

VI Maps 29

VII Chronological chart 31

VIII Genealogical tables 33

IX Abbreviations 35

Text and Translation 37

Commentary 188

Bibliography 271

Index of names and places 276

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