Editing Sallust (section)

== Manuscripts ==

Several manuscripts of his works survived due to his popularity in antiquity and the Middle Ages.

Manuscripts of his writings are usually divided into two groups: ''mutili'' (mutilated) and ''integri'' (whole; undamaged). The classification is based on the existence of the [[lacuna (manuscripts)|lacuna]] (gap) between 103.2 and 112.3 of the ''Jugurthine War''. The lacuna exists in the ''mutili'' scrolls, while ''integri'' manuscripts have the text there. The most ancient scrolls which survive are the ''Codex Parisinus 16024'' and ''Codex Parisinus 16025'', known as "P" and "A" respectively. They were created in the ninth century, and both belong to the ''mutili'' group.{{sfn|Ramsey|2007|p=14}} Both these scrolls include only ''Catiline'' and ''Jugurtha'', while some other ''mutili'' manuscripts also include ''Invective'' and Cicero's response.{{sfn|Rolfe|1931|p=xviii}} The oldest ''integri'' scrolls were created in the eleventh century&nbsp;AD.{{sfn|Ramsey|2007|p=26}} The probability that all these scrolls came from one or more ancient manuscripts is debated.<ref>{{in lang|ru}} Альбрехт, М. (2002) ''История римской литературы'', Т. 1. Греко-латинский кабинет. С. 502</ref>

There is also a unique scroll ''Codex Vaticanus 3864'', known as "V". It includes only speeches and letters from ''Catiline'', ''Jugurtha'' and ''Histories''.{{sfn|Ramsey|2007|p=14}} The creator of this manuscript changed the original word order and replaced archaisms with more familiar words.{{sfn|Ramsey|2007|p=14}} The "V" scroll also includes two anonymous letters to Caesar probably from Sallust,{{sfn|Ramsey|2007|p=14}} but their authenticity is debated.

Several fragments of Sallust's works survived in [[papyrus|papyri]] of the second to fourth centuries&nbsp;AD. Many ancient authors cited Sallust, and sometimes their citations of ''Histories'' are the only source for reconstruction of this work. But the significance of these citations for the reconstruction is uncertain; because occasionally the authors cited Sallust from memory, some distortions were possible.{{sfn|Ramsey|2007|p=15}}