an ancient guide to saving a republic Sallust 86 B.C.-34 B.C creator Osgood, Josiah 1974- traductor text nju 2022 monographic eng

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xxxvii, 195 pages ; 18 cm. "In 63 BC the corrupt aristocrat Lucius Sergius Catilina (Catiline in English) aimed to topple the Roman Republic. Catiline attracted a wide array of supporters: debt-ridden men and women from prominent families, youths looking for adventure, the less well-off tried of a political class that seemed only to look out for its own interests. Frustrated in his efforts to be elected consul, Catiline fled Rome while several of his associates stayed behind with secret plans to torch the city and murder its leading politicians. The story of Catiline and his conspiracy is recounted by the Roman historian Sallust in his short book, The War with Catiline Sallust's account culminates with the unmasking of these urban conspirators at a meeting of the Senate, followed by a stormy debate that led to their execution, and then the ultimate defeat of Catiline and his legions in battle. While Catiline is at the heart of the story, some of the most important figures of Roman history play key roles in the story: Cicero, the ambitious young senator who calculated how best to protect Rome; Julius Caesar, who delivers a memorable speech defending the conspirators against execution; and Cato, an ardent defender of the Republic. Catiline himself is a fascinating figure - a bitter and haunted man, determined to destroy Rome, yet sympathetic to the plight of struggling Romans. This book offers a new translation of Sallust's account of the thwarted conspiracy framed for a contemporary audience. As the translator Josiah Osgood notes in his introduction, Sallust's work is not limited to just recounting the conspiracy but engages with broader questions, still relevant today, about how republics flourish and how they break down. Sallust also poignantly describes how the corruption of Rome's leaders, worried less about the common good and more about their own advancement, spread like a disease through Roman society. Claims of conspiracy, across the political spectrum, have abounded in our time much as they did in Ancient Rome. While Catiline's plot was real and the charges of conspiracy well-founded, Osgood aims to show how Sallust's short work can help us to think about the allure of explaining the world through conspiracies, both real and imagined. This makes it a still useful source of wisdom for reflecting on a very real problem for contemporary republics"-- Sallust ; selected, introduced, and translated by Josiah Osgood. Latin text with parallel English translation on facing pages. aw----- e------ ff----- Catiline approximately 108 B.C.-62 B.C Catilina, Lucius Sergius 108-62 a. de C Rome History Conspiracy of Catiline, 65-62 B.C Roma Historia Conspiración de Catilina, 65-62 a.C PA 6654 S169h 2022 Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022] (DLC) 2021051637 9780691212364 (hardback ; acid-free paper) 0691212368 (hardback ; acid-free paper) 2021051636 DLC 211029 20230411090814.0 22290399 eng