Villain or Hero: Sallust's Portrayal of Catiline.

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Minimally rubbed, otherwise very good. Includes review of the book. / Minimal berieben, sonst sehr gut. Beiliegend Rezension zum Buch. - In the Belluni Catilinae Sallust portrays Catiline in a variety of ways. The result is that the protagonist emerges as a balanced individual, not as the villain that Cicero presents. The explication of Catiline's character is of paramount interest to Sallust, who desires to evoke the moral climate that could produce people like Catiline and his co-conspirators�figures who, despite their revolutionary tendencies, are nonetheless products of training in the old Roman virtues. Furthermore, it is possible that Sallust�aware of the parallels between himself and Catiline in terms of political careers, aspirations, and moral weaknesses�chose the attempted conspiracy of 63 BCE as his topic in part because of his interest in analyzing the social, moral, and political climate in which both he and Catiline were immersed. - Ann Thomas Wilkins received a B.A. in Biological Sciences from Wellesley College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Pittsburgh. She has taught at Vassar College, the University of Michigan Program in Florence, and on Semester at Sea. She currently teaches in the Classics Departments of the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University. ISBN 9780820420349