Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. I. THE PROBLEM 1
4. II. SALLUST'S ANTECEDENTS 5
5. III. THE POLITICAL SCENE 16
6. IV. SALLUST'S CAREER 29
7. V. FROM POLITICS TO HISTORY 43
8. VI. THE BELLUM CATILINAE 60
9. VII. THE CREDULITY OF SALLUST 83
10. VIII. CAESAR AND CATO 103
11. IX. SALLUST'S PURPOSE 121
12. X. THE BELLUM JUGURTHINUM: WARFARE 138
13. XI. THE BELLUM JUGURTHINUM: POLITICS 157
14. XII. THE HISTORIAE 178
15. XIII. THE TIME OF WRITING 214
16. XIV. HISTORY AND STYLE 240
17. XV. THE FAME OF SALLUST 274
18. APPENDIX I. THE EVOLUTION OF SALLUST'S STYLE 305
19. APPENDIX II. THE FALSE SALLUST 313
20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 355
21. INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES 367