Sallust

American  

[sal-uhst] / ˈsæl əst /

noun

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

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Sallust British  

/ ˈsæləst /

noun

1. 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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Samuel Adams’s master’s thesis was “delivered in flawless Latin,” Alexander Hamilton copied Demosthenes into his commonplace book, and Thomas Jefferson modeled his oratory on the prose of Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Two prayer-books for the university of Cambridge and an edition of Sallust were printed from his stereotype plates.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

Sallust, on the other hand, is abrupt and sententious, and is generally considered as having carried this sort of brevity to a vicious excess.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

Do we not gather confidence and courage from Livy and Sallust?

From Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von

The authors of the Augustan age are unduly depreciated, while Ennius, Plautus, Laberius, Sallust are held up as models of imitation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various