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This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Giuseppe Ucciardello and first published on 01/02/2005.

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Biography:

Sal(l)ustius was a sophist and grammarian, and according to the Suda¹, he was also the author of commentaries on authors including Demosthenes² and Herodotus³. It is difficult to maintain Cumont’s proposal to identify him with Sallustius of D…