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 reflections with which Sallust introduces his narrative, and those he draws from it, are so just and numerous that he has by some been considered as the father of philosophic history.

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

It may in part be older than the house of Sallust, though belonging like it to the Tufa period, and possessing the additional apartments prescribed by the influx of Greek taste.

From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.

The first book of Sallust was the Conspiracy of Catiline.

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

Skeletons of giants were considered by the ancients as curious as in the present day; and those of Secondilla and Pusio were carefully preserved in the gardens of Sallust.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)