Likewise explaining that Sallust, whining about 'Roman decline' is writing two centuries *before* the height of Roman power and prosperity and that two centuries is a *really long time.*
June 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Likewise explaining that Sallust, whining about 'Roman decline' is writing two centuries *before* the height of Roman power and prosperity and that two centuries is a *really long time.*
'Yet there were Roman citizens obstinately determined to destroy both themselves and their country.'
-Sallust, 'The Catiline Conspiracy,' circa 44-40 BCE
-Sallust, 'The Catiline Conspiracy,' circa 44-40 BCE
November 1, 2025 at 5:44 AM
'Yet there were Roman citizens obstinately determined to destroy both themselves and their country.'
-Sallust, 'The Catiline Conspiracy,' circa 44-40 BCE
-Sallust, 'The Catiline Conspiracy,' circa 44-40 BCE
"Omnia Romae venalia sunt" - Sallust, talking about Elon Musk, who misquotes Sulla.
I don't know, genuinely, whether writing about "elon musk tweeted something fucking stupid and dangerous and wrong about history" is a useful thing anymore.
January 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Omnia Romae venalia sunt" - Sallust, talking about Elon Musk, who misquotes Sulla.
“Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.”
- Sallust.🌱
- Sallust.🌱
July 26, 2024 at 11:01 PM
“Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.”
- Sallust.🌱
- Sallust.🌱
"Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay."
-Sallust 😍🌿🪻🍃💜🌿🌼
#FlowersOnFriday #photography #NaturePhotography #wildflowers
-Sallust 😍🌿🪻🍃💜🌿🌼
#FlowersOnFriday #photography #NaturePhotography #wildflowers
December 6, 2024 at 6:02 PM
"Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay."
-Sallust 😍🌿🪻🍃💜🌿🌼
#FlowersOnFriday #photography #NaturePhotography #wildflowers
-Sallust 😍🌿🪻🍃💜🌿🌼
#FlowersOnFriday #photography #NaturePhotography #wildflowers
#OTD 1st #Oct #Rome honoured #Fides, goddess of trust, good faith & fidelity. She appears on many Roman coins — including some on display at our museum in Melrose. 🔎🪙
It's also the birthday of Roman historian Sallust c.86 BC. His accounts of the Catiline conspiracy & Jugurthine War survive.
It's also the birthday of Roman historian Sallust c.86 BC. His accounts of the Catiline conspiracy & Jugurthine War survive.
October 1, 2026 at 11:30 AM
"Only a few men desire liberty, the majority desire no more than fair masters" Sallust.
March 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
"Only a few men desire liberty, the majority desire no more than fair masters" Sallust.
I have to admit this particular political moment has made me somewhat more ready to trust Sallust and Cicero in their characterization of the Catilinarian conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I have to admit this particular political moment has made me somewhat more ready to trust Sallust and Cicero in their characterization of the Catilinarian conspiracy.
"the senator was bribed by Egyptian gold" is a scandal that Sallust could have written about
March 2, 2024 at 1:24 AM
"the senator was bribed by Egyptian gold" is a scandal that Sallust could have written about
So far:
Lucan: @mayawest.online
Sappho: @gothfem.me
Cicero: @estrogenempress.gay
Pindar: @slaypussyhat.gay
Martial: @tiqalicious.bsky.social
Sallust: @knilirabaj.bsky.social
Lucan: @mayawest.online
Sappho: @gothfem.me
Cicero: @estrogenempress.gay
Pindar: @slaypussyhat.gay
Martial: @tiqalicious.bsky.social
Sallust: @knilirabaj.bsky.social
May 14, 2024 at 6:57 AM
So far:
Lucan: @mayawest.online
Sappho: @gothfem.me
Cicero: @estrogenempress.gay
Pindar: @slaypussyhat.gay
Martial: @tiqalicious.bsky.social
Sallust: @knilirabaj.bsky.social
Lucan: @mayawest.online
Sappho: @gothfem.me
Cicero: @estrogenempress.gay
Pindar: @slaypussyhat.gay
Martial: @tiqalicious.bsky.social
Sallust: @knilirabaj.bsky.social
55. Sallust is the best Latin historian because he’s the most Thucydidean. My wife will kill me for this opinion.
July 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
55. Sallust is the best Latin historian because he’s the most Thucydidean. My wife will kill me for this opinion.
New Sallust Green & Yellow!
Edited with Introduction and Notes by A. J. Woodman, University of Virginia
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Edited with Introduction and Notes by A. J. Woodman, University of Virginia
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Sallust: Bellum Catilinae | Cambridge Aspire website
Discover Sallust: Bellum Catilinae, 1st Edition, A. J. Woodman, HB ISBN: 9781009371513 on Cambridge Aspire website
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May 15, 2026 at 2:09 PM
New Sallust Green & Yellow!
Edited with Introduction and Notes by A. J. Woodman, University of Virginia
www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
Edited with Introduction and Notes by A. J. Woodman, University of Virginia
www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
"Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay." -Sallust🌿🌼
#MacroMonday #photography #macrophotography #wildflowers #NaturePhotography #Flowers
#MacroMonday #photography #macrophotography #wildflowers #NaturePhotography #Flowers
January 5, 2026 at 6:52 PM
"Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay." -Sallust🌿🌼
#MacroMonday #photography #macrophotography #wildflowers #NaturePhotography #Flowers
#MacroMonday #photography #macrophotography #wildflowers #NaturePhotography #Flowers
"The nobles abused their victory to gratify their passions; they put many men out of the way by sword or banishment ...It's this spirit which has commonly ruined great nations, when one party desires to triumph over another by any & every means & avenge itself ... w/excess cruelty"––Sallust, Jug. 42
July 12, 2026 at 12:08 PM
"The nobles abused their victory to gratify their passions; they put many men out of the way by sword or banishment ...It's this spirit which has commonly ruined great nations, when one party desires to triumph over another by any & every means & avenge itself ... w/excess cruelty"––Sallust, Jug. 42
"Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay." ~ Sallust
February 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay." ~ Sallust
Abendstunde. Fotorunde.
Dazu ein paar kluge Worte.
„Durch Eintracht wachsen selbst kleine Dinge, durch Zwietracht zerfallen die größten.“
Sallust
Habt einen schönen Abend.
Dazu ein paar kluge Worte.
„Durch Eintracht wachsen selbst kleine Dinge, durch Zwietracht zerfallen die größten.“
Sallust
Habt einen schönen Abend.
December 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Abendstunde. Fotorunde.
Dazu ein paar kluge Worte.
„Durch Eintracht wachsen selbst kleine Dinge, durch Zwietracht zerfallen die größten.“
Sallust
Habt einen schönen Abend.
Dazu ein paar kluge Worte.
„Durch Eintracht wachsen selbst kleine Dinge, durch Zwietracht zerfallen die größten.“
Sallust
Habt einen schönen Abend.
Cicero wrote his treatise On Friendship (among others) soon after Caesar's assassination in 44, Sallust wrote his Catiline's War in 43-42, and Vergil began his Eclogues (featuring homoerotic shepherd rap battles and rainbow colored sheep) in 42, all while the Republic was crumbling. Art never stops.
me, in ancient rome, amidst news of senators stabbing caesar: comics for sale, comics for sale, I denarius for the limited edition, IV denarii for the deluxe bundle set...
June 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Cicero wrote his treatise On Friendship (among others) soon after Caesar's assassination in 44, Sallust wrote his Catiline's War in 43-42, and Vergil began his Eclogues (featuring homoerotic shepherd rap battles and rainbow colored sheep) in 42, all while the Republic was crumbling. Art never stops.
Not 100% confirmed yet, but it looks like I’ll finally be teaching my favorite Latin author in the fall, Sallust! Inconcinnitas? More like inconcinni-yassss.
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Not 100% confirmed yet, but it looks like I’ll finally be teaching my favorite Latin author in the fall, Sallust! Inconcinnitas? More like inconcinni-yassss.
New teacher moment unlocked, receiving student requests to join my upper level language class. Slowly developing my cult to Sallust and Greek and Roman Historiography.
August 18, 2026 at 11:57 AM
New teacher moment unlocked, receiving student requests to join my upper level language class. Slowly developing my cult to Sallust and Greek and Roman Historiography.
🦛 A Roman hippopotamus in Copenhagen's Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
⛲️ Originally part of a fountain whereby water sprang from its mouth, this rosso antico marble hippo may have originated in the Gardens of Sallust (Horti Sallustiani) in Rome.
My 📷 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
⛲️ Originally part of a fountain whereby water sprang from its mouth, this rosso antico marble hippo may have originated in the Gardens of Sallust (Horti Sallustiani) in Rome.
My 📷 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
May 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM
🦛 A Roman hippopotamus in Copenhagen's Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
⛲️ Originally part of a fountain whereby water sprang from its mouth, this rosso antico marble hippo may have originated in the Gardens of Sallust (Horti Sallustiani) in Rome.
My 📷 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
⛲️ Originally part of a fountain whereby water sprang from its mouth, this rosso antico marble hippo may have originated in the Gardens of Sallust (Horti Sallustiani) in Rome.
My 📷 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Today is the day in Sallust we get to one of (IMO) the best lines and introductions in Latin!
In tanta tamque corrupta civitate Catilina [...]
In tanta tamque corrupta civitate Catilina [...]
September 14, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Today is the day in Sallust we get to one of (IMO) the best lines and introductions in Latin!
In tanta tamque corrupta civitate Catilina [...]
In tanta tamque corrupta civitate Catilina [...]
You know, we read like Cicero and Tacitus and Sallust to understand Rome now, but do you think at the time they were like "Wow, just caught Gaius Brookius discussing current events down at the forum. Very insightful, he says this civil war situation is Complicated, and somebody oughta do something."
September 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
You know, we read like Cicero and Tacitus and Sallust to understand Rome now, but do you think at the time they were like "Wow, just caught Gaius Brookius discussing current events down at the forum. Very insightful, he says this civil war situation is Complicated, and somebody oughta do something."