After the PastProvides a unique and accessible understanding of Sallust and his influence on writing the history of Rome Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust, 86 35 BCE) is the earliest Roman historian from whom any works survive. His two extant writings focus on crucial moments of a political, social, and ethical revolution with profound consequences for his own life and those of his readers: Catilines famous rebellion in 63 BCE, and the war waged against the North