Post by Christopher Martin on Oct 20, 2016 15:07:13 GMT
Once again, we'll be reading from an author who lived concurrently with other author's from whom we have read . . . Sallust was a contemporary of men like Cicero and Livy, so we won't be examining the context from which Sallust emerged . . . we should already have a good idea of that time period by now.
Sallust (86-34BC)
An active supporter of Caesar in his youth, Sallust took to writing history after being forced out of politics. He developed a terse, epigrammatic style inspired by Thucydides, the greatest Greek historian, but unfortunately most of his works, relating the history of the Republic down to 76BC, are lost
Sallust was concerned with virtue and he repeatedly attacked the corruptions of his age, especially those of the luxury loving aristocracy. Sallust himself had been a radical tribune of the plebs, although he later became a highly corrupt provincial governor.
YOU CAN FIND THE READING FROM SALLUST HERE
Sallust (86-34BC)
An active supporter of Caesar in his youth, Sallust took to writing history after being forced out of politics. He developed a terse, epigrammatic style inspired by Thucydides, the greatest Greek historian, but unfortunately most of his works, relating the history of the Republic down to 76BC, are lost
Sallust was concerned with virtue and he repeatedly attacked the corruptions of his age, especially those of the luxury loving aristocracy. Sallust himself had been a radical tribune of the plebs, although he later became a highly corrupt provincial governor.
YOU CAN FIND THE READING FROM SALLUST HERE