person
Gaius Sallustius Crispus
Sallust
The historian of Rome, great-uncle who adopted Sallustius Crispus.
Reading notes
- The Annals §3.30 Gaius Sallustius
Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus), the celebrated historian of the late Republic, who adopted his great-nephew, the Sallustius Crispus of Tiberius's court.
- The Annals §3.30 the most flourishing author of Roman history
Tacitus's tribute to Sallust as Rome's pre-eminent historian to that date.