Catiline's Conspiracy, The Jugurthine War, Histories

''the glory of wealth and physical beauty is fluid and fragile; but virtue is held brilliant and eternal'' The Roman historian Sallust lived through troubled times. He deplored the moral and political decline of the Republic, and in his two monographs he set out to exemplify the reasons for the years of civil strife. Catiline''s Conspiracy is an account of the rebellion against the state led by t...