Editing Sallust (section)

=== Retirement ===
[[File:Piranesi-10047.jpg|thumb|Gardens of Sallust]]
Due to those charges and without prospects for advancement, he devoted himself to writing history,{{sfn|Pelling|2012|p=1310}} presenting his historical writings as an extension of public life to record achievements for future generations.{{sfn|Mellor|2002|p=32}} His political life influenced his histories, which produced in him a "deep bitterness toward the elite", with "few heroes in his surviving writings".{{sfn|Mellor|2002|p=35}} He also further developed his gardens, upon which he spent much of his accumulated wealth. According to [[Jerome]], Sallust later became the second husband of Cicero's ex-wife [[Terentia]].<ref>[[Jerome|Hieronymus]], ''Adversus Jovinianum'' [http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/02m/0347-0420,_Hieronymus,_Adversus_Jovinianum_Libri_Duo,_MLT.pdf 2.1].48. "Illa [Terentia] … nupsit Sallustio".</ref> However, prominent scholars of Roman prosopography such as [[Ronald Syme]] believe this is a legend.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Syme |first=Ronald |date=1978 |title=Sallust's Wife |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/638680 |journal=The Classical Quarterly |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=292–295 |issn=0009-8388 |doi=10.1017/S0009838800034820|jstor=638680 |s2cid=170773851 }}</ref> According to [[Procopius]], when [[Alaric I|Alaric]]'s invading army entered Rome they burned Sallust's house.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Procopius |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/747116798 |chapter=Vandalic War |title=History of the Wars |volume=2 |date=1916 |series=Loeb Classical Library |publisher=Harvard University Press |translator-last=Dewing |translator-first=HB |isbn=978-0-674-99090-6 |location=Cambridge |oclc=747116798 |at=[https://archive.org/details/L081ProcopiusIIHistoryOfTheWars34VandalicWar/page/n27/mode/2up 3.2.24]}}</ref>