Histories
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Histories is a fragmentary historical work by the Roman historian Sallust that covers the turbulent period of the late Roman Republic following the death of Sulla.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman historical work
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ancient historiographical text ⓘ fragmentary historical work ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | c. 40s BC ⓘ |
| author | Sallust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalPositionInAuthorCorpus | later work of Sallust ⓘ |
| circulation | read in late antiquity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coversPeriodAfter | death of Sulla ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
corruption of Roman nobility
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decline of Republican institutions ⓘ military and political leadership ⓘ |
| followsInAuthorCorpus |
The Conspiracy of Catiline
NERFINISHED
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The Jugurthine War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | history ⓘ |
| hasPart |
digressions
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fragments ⓘ letters ⓘ speeches ⓘ |
| historicalScope |
conflicts among Roman aristocracy
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events after Sulla’s dictatorship ⓘ provincial revolts and wars ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Thucydidean historiography ⓘ |
| language | Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | historiography ⓘ |
| modernReception |
important for study of Sallust’s style
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important source for late Republican history ⓘ |
| narrativePeriod | late Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalStructure | multi-book historical narrative ⓘ |
| originalStructureStatus | incompletely preserved ⓘ |
| preservationMedium |
later quotations in other authors
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manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| referencedBy |
Ammianus Marcellinus
NERFINISHED
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Macrobius NERFINISHED ⓘ Servius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Roman provinces
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Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
concise and archaizing Latin
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moralizing tone ⓘ |
| subject |
Roman military campaigns
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Roman provincial administration ⓘ civil strife in Rome ⓘ political history of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | partially preserved ⓘ |
| timeOfWriting | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| tradition | Roman annalistic history ⓘ |
| workStatus | fragmentary ⓘ |
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