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SALLUSTIUS CRISPUS, GAIUS PATRICIA J. OSMOND (Rome, Italy) ROBERT W. ULERY, JR. (Wake Forest University) Fortuna. Bibliography. Abbreviations. Composite Editions. I. Bellum Catilinae sive De coniuratione Catilinae liber (BC). Commentaries. . Anonymus Bernensis (later attribution: Omnibonus Leonicenus). . Anonymus Ratisbonensis A. . Anonymus Ratisbonensis B. . Anonymus Monacensis A. . Anonymus Monacensis B. . Anonymus Amandensis. . Anonymus Erlangensis. . Anonymus Italus (M. Ambrosius?). . Anonymus Yalensis. . Anonymus Estensis. . Ricardus Bole. . Anonymus Guelferbytanus. . Laurentius Valla (?). . Anonymus Ambrosianus. . Petrus Paulus Pompilius. . Jodocus Badius Ascensius. . Jacobus à Cruce Bononiensis. . Philippus Melanchthon. . Henricus Glareanus. . Johannes Rivius. . Bartholomaeus Marlianus. . Vincentius Castellanus. . Bartholomaeus Zanchus. . Aldus Manutius Junior. . Johannes Pescheur. . Cyprianus Popma. . Marcus Antonius Muretus. . Janus Mellerus Palmerius. . Petrus Ciacconius. . Fulvius Ursinus. . Christophorus Colerus. . Helias Putschius. . Janus Gruterus. II. Bellum Iugurthinum sive De bello Iugurthino liber (BI). Commentaries. . Anonymus Bernensis. . Anonymus Ratisbonensis A. . Anonymus Ratisbonensis B. . Anonymus Parisiensis. . Anonymus Monacensis A. . Anonymus Monacensis B. . Anonymus Yalensis. . Ricardus Bole. . Anonymus Vaticanus. . Petrus Paulus Pompilius. . Anonymus Neapolitanus. . Julius Pomponius Laetus. . Anonymus Monacensis C. . Johannes Chrysostomus Soldus. . Jodocus Badius Ascensius. . Jacobus à Cruce Bononiensis. . Philippus Melanchthon. . Henricus Glareanus. . Johannes Rivius. . Bartholomaeus Marlianus. . Vincentius Castellanus. . Aldus Manutius Junior. . Johannes Pescheur. . Caelius Secundus Curio. . Cyprianus Popma. . Janus Mellerus Palmerius. . Petrus Ciacconius. . Fulvius Ursinus. . Christophorus Colerus. . Helias Putschius. . Janus Gruterus. III. Historiarum libri. Commentaries. i. Historiae. . Aemilius Asper (lost). ii. Orationes et epistulae ex Historiis excerptae. (a) Set of four orations and two letters . Jodocus Badius Ascensius. . Philippus Melanchthon. . Johannes Rivius. . Aldus Manutius Junior. (b) Oratio Lepidi only . Antonius Zenus. . Federicus Cerutus. iii. Historiarum fragmenta . Aldus Manutius Junior. . Antonius Riccobonus. . Ludovicus Carrio. . Janus Dousa. . Petrus Ciacconius. . Fulvius Ursinus. . Christophorus Colerus. . Helias Putschius. IV. Epistulae ad Caesarem senem de republica. Commentaries. . Jodocus Badius Ascensius. . Philippus Melanchthon. . Johannes Rivius. . Aldus Manutius Junior. . Ludovicus Carrio. . Janus Dousa. . Petrus Ciacconius. . Fulvius Ursinus. . Christophorus Colerus. V. Oratio in M. Tullium Ciceronem (and Oratio in C. Sallustium Crispum). Commentaries. . Jodocus Badius Ascensius. . Franciscus Sylvius Ambianus. . F. Jammetius Textor. . Henricus Glareanus. . Aldus Manutius Junior (Oratio in Sallustium only). . Cyprianus Popma. . Ludovicus Carrio. F* Gaius Sallustius Crispus (– ..) was the earliest Roman historian whose works became sufficiently well established in the literary culture to survive in part the fall of the Empire. Of the quadriga of authors central to the education of the later Empire, Virgil and Cicero are the great and magisterial figures whose names have never faded from the consciousness of the West; Terence and Sallust, on the other hand, are known to few readers today and in their own lifetimes were not commanding presences. Yet their texts were used continuously in the past to educate the young in the use of the Latin language and their fame lasted virtually intact from antiquity well into the early modern era.1 Antiquity put Sallust on a par with Thucydides , and the Renaissance saw in him a worthy member of another quadriga, of Roman historians , with Caesar, Livy, and Tacitus. One reason for this was the extraordinary versatility and adaptability of his thought in ages of varying interests. Another is the distinctive voice and style he established for himself, an historiographical art of immediate appeal and a moral/political passion that both enlivens the narrative and helps to justify inclusion in the canon.“A un’arte simile non poteva mancare fortuna.”2 We lack an ancient biography, and the many testimonia are not always trustworthy, as Sallust’s political and literary reputation inspired early polemics which alleged a life at variance with the moral tone of his writings.3 Born in Sabine Amiternum in ..,4 Sallust is presumed to have been educated at Rome, where he entered political life in the tempestuous s as quaestor. He was made tribune of the plebs for and expelled from the Senate in (by the censor Appius Claudius Pulcher), probably in retaliation for actions as tribune in the party strife of that period; by (if not earlier) he is found on the side of Julius Caesar, commanding troops in Illyricum in , as praetor-elect in trying to mollify Caesar’s mutinous troops in Campania, and achieving some success as leader during the next year as praetor in the African campaign. During the Civil War, Caesar made Sallust the first governor of Africa Nova, and he returned to Rome reportedly a wealthier man, rich enough to own the Horti Sallustiani between the Quirinal and Pincian hills, among other properties of note.5 Having reentered the Senate, Sallust seems *The historian’s name is variously spelled Sallustius and Salustius in the medieval and Renaissance tradition, and we have not regularized the spelling in the texts transcribed , as the...
