Sallust

[sal-uh st]

noun

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

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Contemporary Examples of sallust

Sallust is ruthless and charming, a connoisseur of rare wines and rare women.
The Novelist Who Spied: How Dennis Wheatley Helped Defeat the Nazis
Tina Rosenberg
August 8, 2012
As happens in books like these, Sallust pretty much single-handedly wins the war.
The Novelist Who Spied: How Dennis Wheatley Helped Defeat the Nazis
Tina Rosenberg
August 8, 2012
And he had been inventing strategic deceptions for Sallust for years.
The Novelist Who Spied: How Dennis Wheatley Helped Defeat the Nazis
Tina Rosenberg
August 8, 2012

Historical Examples of sallust

I had gone three times through the whole of Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus.
Self-Help
Samuel Smiles
It is in the Ludovisi quarter, and stands on the very site of the Gardens of Sallust.
Italy, the Magic Land
Lilian Whiting
Barclay's preface and dedication are omitted, as well as the Latin of Sallust.
The Ship of Fools, Volume 1
Sebastian Brandt
Hard.; and for general illustrations, the notes of Wasse on Sallust, Cat.
Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes
Aeschylus
The Fabrician dungeons are not more gloomy than the gardens of Sallust are now.
Aurelian
William Ware

British Dictionary definitions for sallust

Sallust

noun

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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