Bellum Catilinae

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Bellum Catilinae is a historical monograph by the Roman historian Sallust that recounts and analyzes the conspiracy of Catiline in the late Roman Republic.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Catilinarian conspiracy 7
Bellum Catilinae canonical 3
Defeat of Catiline 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose work ⓘ
ancient Roman literature ⓘ
historical monograph ⓘ
alternativeTitle De Catilinae coniuratione ⓘ
analyzes ambition and corruption among Roman elites ⓘ
causes of moral and political decline in Rome ⓘ
author Sallust ⓘ
closingSection account of the defeat of Catiline at Pistoria ⓘ
commonlyReadWith Bellum Iugurthinum ⓘ
linked to: Jugurthine War
contains moral digressions ⓘ
set speeches ⓘ
criticizes Roman nobility ⓘ
moral decay in Roman society ⓘ
dateOfComposition 1st century BC ⓘ
describesOfficeHeldByProtagonist consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ
educationalUse introductory text for Latin prose reading ⓘ
featuresCharacter Gaius Julius Caesar ⓘ
Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis ⓘ
genre historiography ⓘ
hasTheme conflict between virtus and ambition ⓘ
decline of Republican values ⓘ
tension between populares and optimates ⓘ
historicalPeriodDescribed late Roman Republic ⓘ
historicalPerspective senatorial viewpoint with moralizing tone ⓘ
influenced later Roman historiography ⓘ
literaryForm monograph ⓘ
literaryTradition Roman historical monograph tradition ⓘ
mainAntagonistDescribed Lucius Sergius Catilina ⓘ
linked to: Catiline
mainProtagonistDescribed Marcus Tullius Cicero ⓘ
linked to: Cicero
narrativeFocus conspiracy against the Roman Republic ⓘ
openingSection proem on human nature and ambition ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
partOfCorpus Sallustian corpus ⓘ
linked to: Sallust's Histories
placeOfEventsDescribed Etruria ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
preservedIn medieval manuscripts ⓘ
studiedIn ancient history ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ
style concise and archaizing Latin ⓘ
subject Catilinarian conspiracy ⓘ
linked to: Bellum Catilinae

Lucius Sergius Catilina ⓘ
linked to: Catiline

late Roman Republic politics ⓘ
timeOfEventsDescribed 63 BC ⓘ
titleInLatin Bellum Catilinae ⓘ
workChronologyWithinAuthor one of Sallust's earliest historical works ⓘ
workLength short monograph ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sallust → notableWork → Bellum Catilinae ⓘ
In Catilinam → mainSubject → Catilinarian conspiracy ⓘ
linked to: Bellum Catilinae
In Catilinam → associatedEvent → Catilinarian conspiracy ⓘ
linked to: Bellum Catilinae
Julia Antonia → secondHusbandInvolvedIn → Catilinarian conspiracy ⓘ
linked to: Bellum Catilinae
Terentia → associatedWith → Catilinarian conspiracy ⓘ
linked to: Bellum Catilinae
Catiline His Conspiracy → mainSubject → Catilinarian conspiracy ⓘ
linked to: Bellum Catilinae
Catiline His Conspiracy → basedOn → Catilinarian conspiracy ⓘ
linked to: Bellum Catilinae
Bellum Catilinae → titleInLatin → Bellum Catilinae ⓘ
Bellum Catilinae → subject → Catilinarian conspiracy ⓘ
linked to: Bellum Catilinae
Sallust's Bellum Catilinae → title → Bellum Catilinae ⓘ
Battle of Pistoria → result → Defeat of Catiline ⓘ
linked to: Bellum Catilinae