“Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.”

About Sallust

Historian • Roman

Gaius Sallustius Crispus, known simply as Sallust, was a prominent Roman historian, politician, and novus homo from an equestrian family. He is best known for his historical monographs, "Bellum Catilinae" (Catiline's...