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Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus) (86-34 BC), Roman historian, belonging to a well-known plebeian family, was born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines.
Sallust was opposed to Milo and to Pompey's party and to the old aristocracy of Rome.
Sallust adopts the usually accepted view of Catiline, and describes him as the deliberate foe of law, order and morality, without attempting to give any adequate explanation of his views and intentions.
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Sallust was opposed to Milo and to Pompey[For more, click on this link]'s party and to the old aristocracy of Rome.
(Sallust was appointed governor of the province of Africa Nova.
Catiline (lucius sergius catilina) (108 bc-62 bc) was a roman politician of the 1st century bc who is best known for the catiline (or catilinarian)...
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SALLUST [Sallust] (Caius Sallustius Crispus), 86 BC-c.34 BC, Roman historian.
His history of Rome is extant only in fragments; it probably covered the period 78 BC to 67 BC There are also two letters, in rhetorical style, from Sallust to Caesar, the authenticity of which has been greatly disputed.
As a historian Sallust was important as one of the first to write historical monographs dealing with sharply limited events and periods.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Xaverian Brothers
An unknown benefactor also left a considerable sum of money with the request that it be devoted to helping missionary work.
The words of Sallust, "Concordia res parvae crescunt", were adopted by the brothers as their motto.
A boys' sodality was opened at Het Walletje, followed shortly by a primary school in the same place; the work of catechizing was taken up at the Church of Notre-Dame, and some attention was given to the training of deaf-mutes.
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