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

The Latin authors mentioned in these statutes include Terence, Cicero, Sallust, Caesar, Horace, Ovid, Virgil, thus showing that the influence of the Renaissance was beginning to be felt.

From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Albert William Parry

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 John Dunlop

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

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

So skilful was he in the classics that at thirteen he received a prize for a translation from Sallust, and at fifteen a prize for English prose and another for a Latin poem.

From Famous American Statesmen by Sarah Knowles Bolton

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