Catiline''s Conspiracy, the Jugurthine War, Histories

Informationen zum Autor William Batstone is Professor of Greek and Latin at Ohio State University. Klappentext A new translation capturing the energy and severity of Sallust's Latin style. Zusammenfassung These three works exemplify the Roman historian Sallust's condemnation of the excesses of the late Republic. In the conspiracy of Catiline and the war against Jugurtha he sees moral and political corruption and the tragedy of civil strife. This new translation captures Sallust's distinctive style and considers his work as history and literature.

Product details

• Authors: William W Batstone, Sallust
• Assisted by: William W. Batstone (Translation), William W. (Professor of Greek and Latin Batstone (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2010
• EAN: 9780192823458
• ISBN: 978-0-19-282345-8
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 19 mm
• Series: World's classics; World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book