The Conspiracy of Catiline

Gaius Sallust Crispus (c. 86 BC - c. 35 BC) was a leading Roman historiographer, an outstanding stylist, and a reformer of the genre. A subtle psychologist and master of suspicion, Sallust fascinated and inspired generations of European historians, writers, and philosophers with his works, from Tacitus to Mommsen, from Seneca to Nietzsche. The Conspiracy of Catiline is the author's debut monograph, dedicated to the events of 63 BC, when the impoverished patrician Lucius Sergius Catiline attempted to stage an armed coup in Rome and seize state power.