Sallust's History of the War Against Jugurtha and of the Conspiracy of Cataline

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SALLUST'S
HISTORY
or THl
WAR AGAINST JUGURTHA
AND OF TUB
COJJSPIEACY OF CATILINE
WITHA
HCTIOfrARY AND NOTES.
BY
PROF. E. A. ANDREWS.
THtRTY-THtRD EDtTtON.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY CROCKER & BREWSTER.
PHILADELPHIA: THEODORE BLISS 4 CO.
Entered,axordingtotheActofCongress,IntheyearIK4I,by
DURRTK * PECK,
InthoClerk'sOflloerftheDistrictConnottheUnttedSUtesfortheDistrictOf.
Connecticut.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
The first edition of Sallust bv tte present editor having been favoiably
received bythe public,no alteration in its plan has been thought necessary
In preparing a second edition, however, every part has been carefully
revised.
Thetext,in theformer editionoftheJugurthineWarwas based uponthat
ofCortius. Itwas not until nearlythewholeofthatportionoftheworkwas
printed off, that the editor was abie to obtain the highly valuable editions,
which,withinafewyears past,have issued fromtheGermanpress. Ofthese
6uchusewasmadeintheremainderofthework,as thebrieftimeallowedfor
thispurposewouldpermit.
ThetextofCortiuswas distinguishedfrom those previouslyincommonuse
byfrequentellipses,especiallyofpanicles,pronouns,and thesubstantiveverb
Theseellipsesgavetotheauthor'sstyle an appearanceofpeculiar harshness;
and rendered the connexion at times obscure and difficult. Besides other
valuableimprovementsinthetextofthisauthor,theGermaneditors,afterthe
mostcarefulcollationofmanuscriptsandearlyeditionshaveinmanyinstances
restoredthewordsomittedbyCortius.
Thetext adopted in bothpartsofthe present edition is,ingeneral,thatof
Kritz.but modified by reference totheeditionsofPlanche,Burnouf,Gerlach,
Herzogandthe Biponteditors. The alterations madeinthiseditionwul,itis
believed, commend themselves to all, who shall examine them with care,
as serving to remove many of the difficulties found in the common
editions.
The orthographyofthefirst edition, which,with few exceptions,was that
ailoptcdbytheBiponteditorsandbyPlanche,hasbeenretained.
Tnefollowingextractsfrom the preface to thefirst editionwill sufficiently
ex|l>iinitsgeneralplan.
"Inarranging the twotreatisesofSallustconstitutingthetextofthiswork,
the first place has been assigned to the War against Jugurtha. Such an
arrangementseemedtobeexpedientinaworkintendedfortheuseofstudents
not previously familiar with Roman history; inasmuch as the History ol
Catiline'sConspiracy,whichoccurredmanyyearsafter thewaragainstJugur
tha,containsnumerousallusionsto personsengaged inthatwar,andtopoliti
caleventsconnectedwithit.
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4 PREFACE.
AssomeofthemostprominentdifficultiesinLatinsyntaxarisefrcjutheuse
of the oratio obliqua,the occiirenceofthis construction has generally been
denotedbymeansofsingleinvertedcommas,whiledirectquotationsaredistin
guishedbytheusualmarks.
Tothe preparationofthe accompanying Dictionary,much time and labor
have been devoted. The design has been to unite,so far asadueregard to
brevitywouldpermit,theadvantagesofaLexicon Sallustianumwiththoseof
ageneral dictionary." Tothis end the commonsignificationsofeachword
aregiven,whetheroccurringinSallustornot,butinnotingtheconstructionsof
wcrds,thoseonlyarementioned,which arc found in thisauthor. "Theplan
of theworkdidnotpermittheintroduction ofextendeddiscussionsrelatingto
pointsofhistoryorbiography,customs or laws. For minute informationon
these and kindred subjects,it was thought better to refer the student to his
Classical Dictionary and Roman Antiquities, and especially to some good
Romanhistory; such,forexample,asFerguson'sRomanRepublic.
In preparing the notes ofthis edition,ithasbeen theaim ofthe editorto
supplysuchinformationonly,ascouldnotproperlybeinsertedintheDictionary
Hehasendeavouredtofurnishpreciselysuchaidashesupposedadiligentstu
dentwouldneed,andtopresentitinsuchaformaswoulddirecthismvestiga
tions,insteadofsupersedingthem. A freeusehasbeenmadeofthematerials
contained in the notes of Bumouf,Planche and Kritz,and such other notes
have beenadded asthedesignoftheworkseemed torequire. In explaining
thegrammaticalconstructions,theeditorhasgenerallycontentedhimself with
asimplereferencetothatpartoftKegrammar inwhichasolutionofthediffi
culty may be found, leaving it to the stjdent'i own reflection to make the
application
LIFE OP CAIUS CRI8PU8 SALLUSTIC8.
Sallust,the celebratedRoiran historian,wasbom atAmiternum,atown,
in the Sabine territory,in the year of Rome668.86yearsbejbrethebirthof
Christ,andin theconsulship ofCinnaand Carbo. Whileyoungheremoved
to Rome,wherehedevoted himself to literarypursuits,under the directionof
AtteiusPraetextatus,a celebrated Athenian grammarian,and aninstructorin
theartof rhetoric.
At an early age, probably about the year of Rome 695, he obtained the
questorship,and consequentlybecame entitledto aseatin thesenate. In the
year701,during a periodofgreatcivil commotion,hewas madeatribuneof
diepeople; and in the dissensions consequent upon thedeath ofClodius,he
took an active part in opposition to Milo. To this course hewas probably
movednotlessbypersonal hostilitytoMilo,whomhehadgreatly injured,and
fromwhom he had received asevere, but well meritedchastisement,thanby
attachmenttothepartyofClodius. In the year704 thecensors, AppiusClau
diusandCalpurniia Piso,degradedhimtram bis rankassenator,onaccount
oftheinfamyofhisprivatecharacter
Itwasprobablyaboutthistirrx,thathewrotetheflietoryoftheCatilinarian
Conspiracy,with theexception,perhaps,ofthe partreiatingtothecharacters
ofCaesarand Cato,though some ascribetothewholeworkalaterdate. Ot
most ofthe events connected with this conspiracy,Sallust had been aneye
witness,and,withfew exceptions,lie appears to haverecorded themwithex
emplary impartiality. Thoughata laterperiod,thebitterenemyofCicero,he
manifestsnosuchhostilityinhisaccountofthisconspiracy,unlessitbefound
inthesomewhatfaintpraisewhichhebestows uponthatillustriousoratorand
patrioticstatesman.
Notwithstanding he expressed thedeterminationin theintroductionofthis
history,ofspending the remainder ofhis days remotefrom theagitationsof
publiclife,heyeteineredsoonaf..arwithrenewed ardor into theviolentStrug
gleswhicharosebetweenthepartiesofPompeyandCaesar. Inthiscontesthe
espousedthecauseofCaesar,towhomhew&soersonallyattached,andthrough
whose influence,in the yearofthe city706,hewas againmadequestor,and -
consequentlyreinstatedinthesenate. Inthefollowingyearbythesamemflu
ence hewas raised to the pretorship, and about this timealso he married
Terentia,whomCicerohadrecentlydivorced.
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