The Conspiracy of Catiline and the War of Jugurtha
by: Sallust; Thomas Heywood (transl.)

Hardcover. NY, AMS Press, reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, purple cloth with lettering on spine, 245 pages. A reprint of the 1608 edition of Heywood's Sallust. With an introduction by Charles Whibley. Part of "The Tudor Translations" series. Considered the first of the great Roman historians, Sallust has been read for centuries for his penetrating character studies, timeless moral insights, and matchless rhetoric. His profiles of flawed men led inexorably to ruin by excessive ambition or character defects resonate with us today more powerfully than ever. "The Conspiracy of Catiline" tells the dramatic story of renegade senator Lucius Catiline's attempt to seize power in Rome during the waning days of the republic. "The War of Jugurtha" recounts the rise and ultimate destruction of the headstrong Numidian king Jugurtha, who waged an insurgent war against Rome from 112 to 106 B.C. Mild spotting to rear cover, otherwise a clean, tight copy.