1 Oct. 86-13 May 34 B.C.E.
Statesman, Soldier, Historian

Friend of Caesar. Sallust came from a family of knights in Amiternum, east of Rome. For his education he was sent to Rome, where his family owned a house. After some military service in the 60s, he fell on hard times and had to sell his family's home in the capital. Subsequently, he is on record as Quaestor in 55 or 54, when he either delivered or wrote an invective speech against Cicero. During his first stint in the senate he was caught committing adultery with Fausta, Sulla's daughter, the wife of an Annius Milo. In the late 50s he joined Julius Caesar, which may be why Caesar's opponents had him expelled from the senate in 50 (ostensibly for his adultery with Fausta). He unsuccessfully held command of a legion of Caesar's in 49. In 48 he was Quaestor again...