Histories
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Histories is a fragmentary historical work by the Roman historian Sallust that covers the turbulent period of the late Roman Republic following the death of Sulla.
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| Histories canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Histories Context triple: [Sallust, notableWork, Histories]
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Histories
Histories is an ancient Greek work by Herodotus that is widely regarded as the foundational text of Western historiography, combining historical inquiry with ethnographic and geographic descriptions.
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Histories
Histories is a major work of Roman historiography by Tacitus that chronicles the turbulent period of the Roman Empire following the death of Nero.
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Histories
Histories is the principal historical work of the ancient Greek historian Timaeus of Tauromenium, known for its detailed account of the Western Greek world and Sicily.
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Histories
Histories is the major historical work of the ancient Greek historian Polybius, chronicling the rise of the Roman Republic to Mediterranean dominance in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE.
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Chronicles
Chronicles is a biblical historical book that recounts and interprets the history of Israel and Judah, focusing on their kings, temple worship, and covenant relationship with God.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Histories Target entity description: Histories is a fragmentary historical work by the Roman historian Sallust that covers the turbulent period of the late Roman Republic following the death of Sulla.
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A.
Histories
Histories is a major work of Roman historiography by Tacitus that chronicles the turbulent period of the Roman Empire following the death of Nero.
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B.
Histories
Histories is an ancient Greek work by Herodotus that is widely regarded as the foundational text of Western historiography, combining historical inquiry with ethnographic and geographic descriptions.
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C.
Histories
Histories is the principal historical work of the ancient Greek historian Timaeus of Tauromenium, known for its detailed account of the Western Greek world and Sicily.
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D.
Histories
Histories is the major historical work of the ancient Greek historian Polybius, chronicling the rise of the Roman Republic to Mediterranean dominance in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE.
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E.
Chronicles
Chronicles is a biblical historical book that recounts and interprets the history of Israel and Judah, focusing on their kings, temple worship, and covenant relationship with God.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman historical work
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ancient historiographical text ⓘ fragmentary historical work ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | c. 40s BC ⓘ |
| author | Sallust ⓘ |
| chronologicalPositionInAuthorCorpus | later work of Sallust ⓘ |
| circulation | read in late antiquity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| coversPeriodAfter | death of Sulla ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
corruption of Roman nobility
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decline of Republican institutions ⓘ military and political leadership ⓘ |
| followsInAuthorCorpus |
The Conspiracy of Catiline
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linked to:
Sallust's Bellum Catilinae
The Jugurthine War ⓘ
linked to:
Jugurthine War
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| genre | history ⓘ |
| hasPart |
digressions
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fragments ⓘ letters ⓘ speeches ⓘ |
| historicalScope |
conflicts among Roman aristocracy
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events after Sulla’s dictatorship ⓘ provincial revolts and wars ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Thucydidean historiography ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | historiography ⓘ |
| modernReception |
important for study of Sallust’s style
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important source for late Republican history ⓘ |
| narrativePeriod |
late Roman Republic
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linked to:
Late Roman Republic
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| originalStructure | multi-book historical narrative ⓘ |
| originalStructureStatus | incompletely preserved ⓘ |
| preservationMedium |
later quotations in other authors
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manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| referencedBy |
Ammianus Marcellinus
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Macrobius ⓘ Servius ⓘ |
| setting |
Roman provinces
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Rome ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
concise and archaizing Latin
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moralizing tone ⓘ |
| subject |
Roman military campaigns
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Roman provincial administration ⓘ civil strife in Rome ⓘ political history of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | partially preserved ⓘ |
| timeOfWriting | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| tradition | Roman annalistic history ⓘ |
| workStatus | fragmentary ⓘ |
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Subject: Histories Description of subject: Histories is a fragmentary historical work by the Roman historian Sallust that covers the turbulent period of the late Roman Republic following the death of Sulla.
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