Bellum Catilinae
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Bellum Catilinae is a historical monograph by the Roman historian Sallust that recounts and analyzes the conspiracy of Catiline in the late Roman Republic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Catilinarian conspiracy | 6 |
| Bellum Catilinae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Bellum Catilinae Context triple: [Sallust, notableWork, Bellum Catilinae]
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Final War of the Roman Republic
The Final War of the Roman Republic was the decisive civil conflict between Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII that led to the end of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
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Sulla’s First Civil War
Sulla’s First Civil War was a Roman internal conflict (88–87 BCE) in which the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla marched on Rome and fought his political rivals, marking a key step in the Republic’s collapse into recurring civil wars.
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Mercenary War
The Mercenary War was a brutal revolt of Carthage’s unpaid mercenaries and subject peoples in North Africa following the First Punic War, ultimately suppressed under the leadership of Hamilcar Barca.
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Sulla’s Second Civil War
Sulla’s Second Civil War was a decisive early 1st-century BCE Roman civil conflict in which the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla marched on Rome, defeated his Marian opponents, and paved the way for his dictatorship and constitutional reforms.
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Battle of the Rubicon
The Battle of the Rubicon refers to Julius Caesar’s decisive crossing of the Rubicon River in 49 BCE, an act of insurrection that triggered the Roman civil war and symbolized the point of no return.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Bellum Catilinae Target entity description: Bellum Catilinae is a historical monograph by the Roman historian Sallust that recounts and analyzes the conspiracy of Catiline in the late Roman Republic.
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A.
Final War of the Roman Republic
The Final War of the Roman Republic was the decisive civil conflict between Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII that led to the end of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
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B.
Sulla’s First Civil War
Sulla’s First Civil War was a Roman internal conflict (88–87 BCE) in which the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla marched on Rome and fought his political rivals, marking a key step in the Republic’s collapse into recurring civil wars.
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C.
Mercenary War
The Mercenary War was a brutal revolt of Carthage’s unpaid mercenaries and subject peoples in North Africa following the First Punic War, ultimately suppressed under the leadership of Hamilcar Barca.
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D.
Sulla’s Second Civil War
Sulla’s Second Civil War was a decisive early 1st-century BCE Roman civil conflict in which the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla marched on Rome, defeated his Marian opponents, and paved the way for his dictatorship and constitutional reforms.
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E.
Battle of the Rubicon
The Battle of the Rubicon refers to Julius Caesar’s decisive crossing of the Rubicon River in 49 BCE, an act of insurrection that triggered the Roman civil war and symbolized the point of no return.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose work
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ancient Roman literature ⓘ historical monograph ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | De Catilinae coniuratione NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| analyzes |
ambition and corruption among Roman elites
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causes of moral and political decline in Rome ⓘ |
| author | Sallust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closingSection | account of the defeat of Catiline at Pistoria ⓘ |
| commonlyReadWith | Bellum Iugurthinum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
moral digressions
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set speeches ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Roman nobility
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moral decay in Roman society ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| describesOfficeHeldByProtagonist | consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| educationalUse | introductory text for Latin prose reading ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Gaius Julius Caesar
NERFINISHED
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Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | historiography ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conflict between virtus and ambition
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decline of Republican values ⓘ tension between populares and optimates ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed | late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| historicalPerspective | senatorial viewpoint with moralizing tone ⓘ |
| influenced | later Roman historiography ⓘ |
| literaryForm | monograph ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Roman historical monograph tradition ⓘ |
| mainAntagonistDescribed | Lucius Sergius Catilina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainProtagonistDescribed | Marcus Tullius Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | conspiracy against the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| openingSection | proem on human nature and ambition ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOfCorpus | Sallustian corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfEventsDescribed |
Etruria
NERFINISHED
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Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
ancient history
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classical philology ⓘ |
| style | concise and archaizing Latin ⓘ |
| subject |
Catilinarian conspiracy
NERFINISHED
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Lucius Sergius Catilina NERFINISHED ⓘ late Roman Republic politics ⓘ |
| timeOfEventsDescribed | 63 BC ⓘ |
| titleInLatin | Bellum Catilinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workChronologyWithinAuthor | one of Sallust's earliest historical works ⓘ |
| workLength | short monograph ⓘ |
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