Sallust's Bellum Catilinae
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Sallust's Bellum Catilinae is a historical monograph by the Roman historian Sallust that narrates and analyzes the conspiracy led by Lucius Sergius Catilina against the Roman Republic.
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| Sallust's Bellum Catilinae canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sallust's Bellum Catilinae Context triple: [Catiline, sourceMention, Sallust's Bellum Catilinae]
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Catiline His Conspiracy
Catiline His Conspiracy is a Jacobean-era tragedy by Ben Jonson dramatizing the infamous Roman conspiracy led by Lucius Sergius Catilina against the Republic.
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B.
Tacitus’ Histories
Tacitus’ Histories is a major work of Roman historiography by the senator and historian Tacitus, covering the turbulent events of the Roman Empire in the late first century CE.
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C.
Discourses on Livy
Discourses on Livy is a political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli that analyzes the history of the Roman Republic to explore the principles of republican government and civic virtue.
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D.
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
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E.
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations)
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) is a series of speeches by the Roman statesman Cicero denouncing the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina to overthrow the Roman Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sallust's Bellum Catilinae Target entity description: Sallust's Bellum Catilinae is a historical monograph by the Roman historian Sallust that narrates and analyzes the conspiracy led by Lucius Sergius Catilina against the Roman Republic.
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A.
Catiline His Conspiracy
Catiline His Conspiracy is a Jacobean-era tragedy by Ben Jonson dramatizing the infamous Roman conspiracy led by Lucius Sergius Catilina against the Republic.
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B.
Tacitus’ Histories
Tacitus’ Histories is a major work of Roman historiography by the senator and historian Tacitus, covering the turbulent events of the Roman Empire in the late first century CE.
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C.
Discourses on Livy
Discourses on Livy is a political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli that analyzes the history of the Roman Republic to explore the principles of republican government and civic virtue.
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D.
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
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E.
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations)
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) is a series of speeches by the Roman statesman Cicero denouncing the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina to overthrow the Roman Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Latin prose work
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ancient Roman historiography ⓘ historical monograph ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | De Catilinae coniuratione NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| analyzes |
motives of Catiline
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political tensions in Rome ⓘ |
| author | Gaius Sallustius Crispus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalSetting |
63 BC
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late Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonlyReadWith | Cicero's Catilinarian Orations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | set-piece speeches by Caesar and Cato ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | conspiracy against the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| educationalUse | introductory text for Latin prose ⓘ |
| featuresPerson |
Gaius Julius Caesar
NERFINISHED
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Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcus Tullius Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent | Catiline's conspiracy of 63 BC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical narrative
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monograph ⓘ political history ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed | consulship of Cicero ⓘ |
| influenced | later Roman historians ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
archaizing
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concise ⓘ moralizing ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Lucius Sergius Catilina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | Catiline as a complex villain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Sallust's Bellum Iugurthinum
NERFINISHED
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Sallust's Historiae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Etruria
NERFINISHED
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Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure |
character sketches
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conclusion ⓘ narrative of events ⓘ preface ⓘ speeches ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
ancient history
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classical philology ⓘ |
| subject | Catilinarian Conspiracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
ambition and greed
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conflict between virtus and luxuria ⓘ corruption in the late Republic ⓘ moral decline of the Roman nobility ⓘ |
| timeOfWriting | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| title | Bellum Catilinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | source for the Catilinarian Conspiracy ⓘ |
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