Together with a comprehensive introduction, he also provides a detailed interpretation in the first ever full-length commentary on the work.

These are the only surviving works by a man who held various public offices in Rome and was a friend of Caesar's and an opponent of Cicero's.

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In The Jugurthine War, Sallust dwells upon the feebleness of the Senate and aristocracy, having collected materials and compiled notes for this work during his governorship of Numidia.

Two of Sallusts most famous works, The Conspiracy of Catiline and Jugurthine War, are presented here.