# Sallust — The City of God character guide

> Sallust in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-book-i

## Who they are

Roman historian whose works on the Catilinarian conspiracy and Jugurthine War are cited.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-v)

Historian whose account of Caesar's speech is quoted by Augustine.

### [Of the rape of the Sabine women, and other iniquities perpetrated in Rome’s palmiest days.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xvii)

Historian quoted by Augustine regarding Roman equity and virtue.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xviii)

Roman historian whose writings are quoted to document Rome's moral decline after the destruction of Carthage.

### [Chapter XXI: Cicero's Opinion of the Roman Republic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xxi)

Roman historian cited for his description of the Roman republic as 'utterly wicked and profligate.'

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xxii)

Historian whose writings describe the corruption of Sylla and the republic.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-iii)

Historian quoted regarding the Trojan origin of Rome.

### [Chapter X: The Price of Empire and the Illusion of Peace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-x)

Roman historian quoted for his description of early Roman simplicity and later envy-driven wars.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xiv)

Quoted for his critique of the lust for sovereignty.

### [Of the first Roman consuls, the one of whom drove the other from the country, and shortly after perished at Rome by the hand of a wounded enemy, and so ended a career of unnatural murders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xvi)

Roman historian cited by Augustine for his claim that the state was ordered with justice and moderation under fear of Tarquin.

### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xvii)

Roman historian whose summary of patrician oppression and civil discord is quoted by Augustine.

### [Of the ingratitude of Rome to Scipio, its deliverer, and of its manners during the period which Sallust describes as the best.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xxi)

Augustine references Sallust's description of the period between the second and last Punic wars as one of greatest virtue and concord.

### [Of the various kinds of wars which followed the building of the temple of Concord](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xxvi)

Referenced indirectly as one of the historians who found it difficult to explain the servile war.

### [Book V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-book-v)

Roman historian cited for praising Roman virtues and describing their desire for glory.

### [By What Virtues the Ancient Romans Merited That the True God, Although They Did Not Worship Him, Should Enlarge Their Empire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xii)

Roman historian quoted for his praise of Roman virtues and critique of moral decline.

### [Chapter XIX: True Glory vs. the Desire for Domination](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xix)

Quoted regarding those who press on to glory, honor, and domination by the true way.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-ix)

Quoted for the maxim that the soul rules and the body serves.

### [Of the kings and times of the earthly city which were synchronous with the times of the saints, reckoning from the rise of Abraham.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-ii)

Roman historian who acknowledged the fame of the Athenians but considered their deeds somewhat less than reported by fame.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/endnotes)

Quoted on Roman history and morality.

## Links

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