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Suetonius reports that Passienus was born at Visellium, an obscure town whose location has been lost. [1] He was the grandson of Lucius Passienus Rufus, consul in 4 BC. His father, who died in AD 21, was a grandnephew of the historian Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust), who had no children of his own, and therefore adopted his sister's grandson ...
Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust (/ ˈ s æ l ə s t /, SAL-əst; 86 – c. 35 BC), [1] was a historian and politician of the Roman Republic from a plebeian family. Probably born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines , Sallust became a partisan of Julius Caesar (100 to 44 BC), circa 50s BC.
Oct 19, 2020 · Definition. Gaius Sallust ius Crispus (86-35 BCE), better known as Sallust, was a Roman statesman and historian. He turned away from an unsuccessful career in both politics and the Roman army, choosing instead on a writing career and produced three major works: Bellum Catilinae (Catiline's War), Bellum Jugurthinum (Jugurthine War), and Histories.
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May 23, 2018 · Sallust. Sallust (86-ca. 35 B.C.), or Gaius Sallustius Crispus, was a Roman statesman and historian. Rejecting the annalistic method of writing history, he concentrated with improved accuracy and narrative technique on critical stages in the decline of the Roman Republic. Sallust was born of plebeian stock in the small Sabine town of Amiternum.
From the Orators (De Oratoribus), with an index of fifteen names, only the brief abstract of the Life of Passienus Crispus has come down to us, preserved in the scholia Pithoeana on Juvenal 4.81, where Passienus is confused with Vibius Crispus.
The Life of Passienus Crispus. Passienus Crispus, a native of Visellium, began his first speech in the senate with these words: “Conscript fathers and you, Caesar,” and was in consequence highly commended by Tiberius, though not sincerely. He voluntarily pleaded a number of cases in the court of the Hundred, 60 and therefore his statue was ...
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The War with Jugurtha. Sallust, Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86– 35 BCE), a Sabine from Amiternum, acted against Cicero and Milo as tribune in 52, joined Caesar after being expelled from the Senate in 50, was restored to the Senate by Caesar and took part in his African campaign as praetor in 46, and was then appointed governor of New Africa ...
