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Sallust

86 BC - 34 BC

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Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust (, SAL-əst; 86 – c. 35 BC), was a Roman historian and politician from a plebeian family. Probably born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines, Sallust became a partisan of Julius Caesar (100 to 44 BC), circa 50s BC. He is the earliest known Latin-language Roman historian with surviving works to his name, of which Conspiracy of Catiline (on the eponymous conspiracy), The Jugurthine War (on the eponymous war), and the Histories (of which only fragments survive) remain extant. As a writer, Sallust was primarily influenced by the works of the 5th-century BC Greek historian Thucydides. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sallust has received more than 583,542 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Sallust is the 244th most popular writer, the 314th most popular biography from Italy (down from 306th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Italian Writer.

Sallust is most famous for his work, The Jugurthine War, which is a history of the war between Rome and King Jugurtha of Numidia.

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  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.49

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  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sallust ranks 244 out of 5,755Before him are Coen brothers, Torquato Tasso, Doris Lessing, Nelly Sachs, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, and Jacob Grimm. After him are J. K. Rowling, Germaine de Staël, Bram Stoker, Christine de Pizan, Roald Dahl, and Walt Whitman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 86 BC, Sallust ranks 1After him are Publius Licinius Crassus and Antiochus I Theos of Commagene. Among people deceased in 34 BC, Sallust ranks 1After him is Lucius Scribonius Libo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Sallust ranks 314 out of 4,668Before him are Pope Benedict IX (1012), Pope John XIX (975), Monica Bellucci (1964), Roberto Rossellini (1906), Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751), and Pope Gregory IV (790). After him are Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519), Pope Sixtus I (42), Giuliano de' Medici (1453), Vittore Carpaccio (1465), Pope Celestine I (400), and Pope Gelasius II (1062).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Sallust ranks 19Before him are Catullus (-84), Guillaume Apollinaire (1880), Pliny the Younger (61), Juvenal (50), Luigi Pirandello (1867), and Torquato Tasso (1544). After him are Christine de Pizan (1365), Dario Fo (1926), Carlo Goldoni (1707), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Eugenio Montale (1896), and Primo Levi (1919).