Bellum Catilinae

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Latin prose work ancient Roman literature historical monograph

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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Catilinarian conspiracy	6

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin prose work ⓘ ancient Roman literature ⓘ historical monograph ⓘ
alternativeTitle	De Catilinae coniuratione NERFINISHED ⓘ
analyzes	ambition and corruption among Roman elites ⓘ 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 ⓘ set speeches ⓘ
criticizes	Roman nobility ⓘ 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 ⓘ Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	historiography ⓘ
hasTheme	conflict between virtus and ambition ⓘ 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 ⓘ Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservedIn	medieval manuscripts ⓘ
studiedIn	ancient history ⓘ classical philology ⓘ
style	concise and archaizing Latin ⓘ
subject	Catilinarian conspiracy NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 ⓘ