Sallustius

Sallustĭus or Salustĭus, ii, m., Sallust, a Roman name.

• I C. Sallustius Crispus, the celebrated Roman historian, Tac. A. 3, 30; Quint. 2, 5, 19; 10, 1, 101.
• —Hence, Sallustĭānus (Salust-), a, um, adj., of or like Sallust, Sallustian: illa brevitas, Quint. 4, 2, 45; 10, 1, 32: lectio, Gell. 18, 4, 1.—Subst.: Sallustĭānus, i, m., an imitator of Sallust, Sen. Ep. 114, 17: Sallustianum illud, that expression of Sallust, Gell. 10, 26, 9.—Hence, adv.: Sallustĭā-nē, in the manner of Sallust, Prisc. 1022 P —
• II A client of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6; id. Div. 1, 28, 59; id. Att. 1, 3, 3; 11, 17, 1; id. Fam. 14, 11 al.—
• III Crispus Sallustius, a grand-nephew of the historian, famed for his great wealth, Hor. C. 2, 2, 3; id. S. 1, 2, 48. The Sallustiani horti are named after him, Tac. A. 13, 47; Plin. 7, 16, 16, § 75; Inscr. Orell. 1369; and, Sallustianum aes, gained from his mines, Plin. 34, 2, 2, § 3. —
• IV Cn. Sallustius, a friend of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 14, 11; id. Att. 11, 11, 2.

Sallustius (Sālustius), iī, m., ein röm. Name, unter dem bes. bekannt I) C. Sallustius Crispus, ein berühmter lateinischer Geschichtschreiber, Zeitgenosse u. Gegner Ciceros, der de coniuratione Catilinae u. bellum Iugurthinum geschrieben hat, Tac. ann. 3, 30. Quint. 2, 5, 19; 10, 1, 101: Plur., Sallustii, Männer wie Sallust, Vopisc. Prob. 2, 7. Vgl. W. Teuffel Gesch. der röm. Liter.⁶ § 205. – II) Sallustius Crispus, Großneffe des Geschichtschreibers, Freund des Augustus, berühmt durch seine großen Reichtümer, Besitzer herrlicher Gärten u. ergiebiger Bergwerke, Sen. de clem. 1, 10, 1. Tac. ann. 3, 30. Hor. carm. 2, 2, 3; sat. 1, 2, 48. Vgl. Plin. 34, 3. – Dav. Sallustiānus (Sālustiānus), a, um, sallustianisch, des Sallust, horti, Tac.: sententia, Sen. rhet.: brevitas, Quint.: lectio, des Sallust, Gell.: Sempronia, Fulg. (vgl. Sall. Cat. 25, 5). – subst., Sallustiānus, ī, m., der Nachahmer des Sallust, Sen. ep. 114, 17. – u. dav. Sallustiānē, Adv., sallustianisch, Prisc. 15, 37.

Sallustĭus, (11) ĭī, m. , Salluste [historien latin] : Tac. Ann. 3, 30 || autres du même nom : Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6 ; Hor. O. 2, 2, 3.

Sallu'stius

or Salu'stius, the name of two or three persons mentioned in Cicero's correspondence.

Sallu'stius

1. Cn. Sallustius, whose name frequently occurs, appears to have been a client of Cicero, and was a person of considerable literary attainments (Cic. Att. 1.3, 11, 11.11,17, ad Fam. 14.4.6, 14.11, ad Q. Fr. 3.4.2, 3.5.1).

Sallu'stius

2. Caninius Sallustius, the quaestor of Bibulus, proconsul of Syria. to whom one of Cicero's letters is addressed (ad Fam. 2.17). The name seems to be corrupt. It has been conjectured that we ought to read C. Annius Sallustianus or Cn. Sallrcstius.

Sallu'stius

3. P. Sallustius. (Cic. ad Att. xi. ll.)

Sallu'stius

(Σαλούστιος), or Salu'stius.

1. Praefectus Praetorio (according to Suidas s. v. Σαλούστιος) under the emperor Julianus. It is probably the same Sallustius who was consul in A. D. 363. Sallustius was a heathen, but, according to the testimony of Theodoretus, dissuaded the emperor from persecuting the Christians. He appears to have been on terms of friendship with the emperor Julianus, who dedicated to him his fourth oration. Himerius also dedicated one of his treatises to him (Phot. Cod. clxv. p. 108a, 29, ed. Bekker). Works Περὶ θεῶν καὶ κόσμου

It was in all probability this Sallustius who was the author of a treatise Περὶ θεῶν καὶ κόσμου, which is still extant. If so, he was attached to the doctrines of the Neo-Platonists. Editions

There are various editions of the above-mentioned treatise. It is incorporated in Gale's Opuscula Mythologica. There is also an edition by Orellius, with the version of Leo Allatius, the notes of Lucas Holstenius and Gale, with some by the editor himself (Turici, 1821). Translations

There are translations of the work in German by J. C. Arnold and G. Schulthess; in French by Formey, in his edition of the work (Berlin, A. D. 1748); and in English by Thomas Taylor. Further Information

Schüll, Gesch. der Griec. Litteratur, vol. iii. p. 357.

Sallu'stius

2. A Cynic philosopher of some note, who lived in the latter part of the fifth century after Christ. His father Basilides was a Syrian; his mother Theoclea a native of Emesa, where probably Sallustius was born, and where he lived during the earlier part of his life. He applied himself first to the study of jurisprudence, and cultivated the art of oratory with considerable diligence under the tuition of Eunoius at Emesa. He subsequently abandoned his forensic studies, and took up the profession of a sophist. He directed his attention especially to the Attic orators, and learnt all the orations of Demosthenes by heart. His own compositions were deemed not unworthy of the great models whom he imitated. Finding the instructions of Eunoius no longer of service to him, Sallustius betook himself to Alexandria, and studied under the best masters of eloquence that the city afforded. Here too he probably imbibed a taste for philosophy ; and, attracted by the fame of the Athenian school, removed to Athens, and attended the lectures of Proclus. He soon left the Neo-Platonists however, and took up with the doctrines of the Cynics, which he maintained thenceforward with great ardour. Some curious stories are told of the experiments which he made upon himself to display or increase his power of enduring pain, and his disregard of the ordinary enjoyments of life (Suidas s. v. χυτρόπους; Simplic. in Epict. p. m. 63). He assailed the philosophers of his time with considerable vehemence, to which his powers of ridicule gave additional effect He pronounced philosophy to be an impossibility, and dissuaded the young men from resorting to the teachers of it (Suidas, l.c. s. v. Ἀθηνόδωρος. Leaving Athens he returned to Alexandria, where he employed his eloquence and wit in attacking the follies or vices of his contemporaries. According to Photius (Cod. ccxlii. p. 342, ed. Bekker), he pretended to a sort of divination or fortune-telling, professing to be able to tell from the appearance ot a person's eyes what kind of death he would die. Sallustius was suspected of holding somewhat impious opinions regarding the gods. He seems at least to have been unsparing in his attacks upon the fanatical theology of the Neo-Platonists. The treatise Περὶ θεῶν καὶ τόσμου has sometimes, without sufficient reason, been attributed to this Sallustius. (Suidas, l.c. Phot. l.c. ; Brucker, Hist. Crit. Philosoph. vol. ii. p. 528, &c.) [C.P.M]

Sallu'stius Crispus, C.

the grandson of the sister of the historian, was adopted by the latter, and inherited his great wealth. In imiitation of Maecenas, he preferred remaining a Roman eques; and without the dignity of a senator, he possessed more influence in the state than those who had been distinguished by consulships and triumphs. Though given to luxury, and affecting to care only for his personal enjoyments, he possessed great vigour of mind. and capacity for public business. For many years he was second only to Maecenas in the confidence of Augustus. and on the fall of that favourite he became the principal adviser of the emperor. He enjoyed the same distinction at first under Tiberius, and having been privy to the murder of Agrippa Postumus, he recommended Livia, when the matter was mentioned in the senate, not to allow the imperial secrets to be discussed in that body. In A. D. 16 he was employed by Tiberius to apprehend the false Agrippa. He died in A. D. 20, at an advanced age, having lost the real confidence of the emperor some time previously, though he continued nominally to be one of his friends (Tac. Ann. 1.6, 2.40, 3.30; Senec. de Clem. 10). He possessed valuable copper mines in the Alpine country of the Centrones (Plin. Nat. 34.2). The Sallustius, whom Horace attacked in one of his Satires (Sat. 1.2. 48), is probably the same person as the preceding; but at a later period, when the poet became acquainted with the imperial court, he addressed one of his odes to him. (Carm. 2.2.)

Sallu'stius Lucullus

legatus of Britain under Domitian, was slain by that emperor because he had called some lances of a new shape Luculleae, after his own name. (Suet. Doms. 10.)

Sallustius

or Salustius (Σαλούστιος). (1) The Praefectus Praetorio under the emperor Julian , with whom he was on terms of friendship. Sallustius was a heathen, but dissuaded the emperor from persecuting the Christians. He was perhaps the author of a treatise Περὶ θεῶν καὶ κόσμου, which is still extant. If so, he was attached to the doctrines of the Neo-Platonists. The best edition of this treatise is by Orelli (Zürich, 1821).

(2) A Cynic philosopher of some note, who lived in the latter part of the fifth century after Christ. He was a native of Emesa in Syria, and studied successively at Emesa, Alexandria, and Athens. Sallustius was suspected of holding somewhat impious opinions regarding the gods. He seems at least to have been unsparing in his attacks upon the fanatical theology of the Neo-Platonists.