Editing Sallust (section)

=== Stylistically ===

Quotations and commentaries "attest to the high status of Sallust's work in the first and second centuries&nbsp;CE".{{sfn|O'Gorman|2007|p=379}} Among those who borrowed information from his works were [[Silius Italicus]], [[Lucan]], [[Plutarch]], and [[Ammianus Marcellinus]].<ref name=mfa.1.504>{{in lang|ru}} Альбрехт, М. (2002) ''История римской литературы'', Т. 1. Греко-латинский кабинет. С. 504</ref>{{sfn|Rawson|1987|p=164}} [[Marcus Cornelius Fronto|Fronto]] used ancient words collected by Sallust to provide "archaic coloring" for his works.<ref>{{in lang|ru}} Тронский, И. М. (1946) ''История античной литературы'' Ленинград: Учпедгиз. С. 47</ref> In the second century AD, [[Zenobius]] translated his works into Ancient Greek.<ref name=mfa.1.504 />

Other opinions were also present. For example, [[Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul 40 BC)|Gaius Asinius Pollio]] criticized Sallust's addiction to archaic words and his unusual grammatical features.<ref name=suet.gram.10>Suetonius, ''On Famous Grammarians and Rhetoricians'' 10</ref> [[Aulus Gellius]] saved Pollio's unfavorable statement about Sallust's style via quote. According to him, Sallust once used the word ''transgressus'' meaning generally "passage [by foot]" for a platoon which crossed the sea (the usual word for this type of crossing was ''transfretatio'').<ref>Gellius, ''Noctes Atticae'' 10.26</ref> Though Quintilian has a generally favorable opinion of Sallust, he disparages several features of his style:

{{quote|For though a diffuse irrelevance is tedious, the omission of what is necessary is positively dangerous. We must therefore avoid even the famous terseness of Sallust (though in his case of course it is a merit), and shun all abruptness of speech, since a style which presents no difficulty to a leisurely reader, flies past a hearer and will not stay to be looked at again.<ref>Quintilian, ''Institio Oratoria'' [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Quintilian/Institutio_Oratoria/4B*.html#2.45 4.2.44-45]</ref>}}

His works were also extensively quoted in [[Augustine of Hippo]]'s ''[[The City of God|City of God]]''; the works themselves also show up in manuscripts all over the post-Roman period and circulated in [[Carolingian Libraries|Carolingian libraries]].{{sfn|O'Gorman|2007|p=379}} In the Middle Ages, Sallust's works were often used in schools to teach Latin. His brief style influenced, among others, [[Widukind of Corvey]] and [[Wipo of Burgundy]].<ref name=mfa.1.505>{{in lang|ru}} Альбрехт, М. (2002) ''История римской литературы'', Т. 1. Греко-латинский кабинет. С. 505</ref>

[[Petrarch]] also praised Sallust highly, though he primarily appreciated his style and moralization.{{sfn|Osmond|1995|p=106}} During the [[French Wars of Religion]], ''De coniuratione Catilinae'' became widely known as a tutorial on disclosing conspiracies.{{sfn|Osmond|1995|p=121}}

[[Friedrich Nietzsche]] credits Sallust in ''[[Twilight of the Idols]]'' (1889) for his epigrammatic style: "My sense of style, for the epigram as a style, was awakened almost instantly when I came into contact with Sallust" and praises him for being "condensed, severe, with as much substance as possible in the background, and with cold but roguish hostility towards all 'beautiful words' and 'beautiful feelings'".<ref>{{cite book |last=Nietzsche |first=Friedrich Wilhelm |author-link=Friedrich Nietzsche |title=Twilight of the Idols |editor-last=Levy |editor-first=Oscar |translator-last=Ludovici |translator-first=Anthony M |year=1911 |series=The Complete Works of Fredrich Nietzsche |volume=16 |publisher=TN Foulis |location=Edinburgh |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/52263/52263-h/52263-h.htm |page=112}}</ref> 

Norwegian playwright [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s first play ''[[Catiline (play)|Catiline]]'' ({{circa|1849}}) was based on Sallust's story.<ref name=mfa.1.505 />