Sallust

[ sal-uh st ]

/ ˈsæl əst /

noun

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

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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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
This French Sallust, as his countrymen have named him, has been of use to many dramatists.
The Life of Friedrich Schiller|Thomas Carlyle

Sallust uses the word, per saturam sententias exquirere, when the majority was visibly on one side.
Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry|John Dryden
Both Livy and Sallust inform us that the ancients used scythe-armed chariots.
The History of Rome, Books 37 to the End|Titus Livius
These were found in the gardens of Sallust, and were formerly preserved in the Senator's Palace.
Walks in Rome|Augustus J.C. Hare
At last they came to Sallust's house, in one of the rooms of which was a fresco that hit the Englishman's fancy exceedingly.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 341, March, 1844, Vol. 55|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sallust

Sallust

/ (ˈsæləst) /

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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