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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Example Sentences

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 Parry, Albert William

Orosius, Vegetius, Sallust, with parts of Cicero, Livy and Boethius were adapted to popular reading.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

Sallust evidently regarded an elegant style as one of the chief merits of an historical work.

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

She herself was occupied in learning Latin from Mr. Cawdor, and already could read in a book called "C�sar" and in another by an author named Sallust.

From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)