The Catiline Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Catiline Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War, credited to Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust), is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Catiline Conspiracy and The Jugurthine War, by Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust). The Catiline Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War are the two separate surviving works of the historian commonly known as "Sallust". Nearly contemporary to the events he describes, he is supposed to have been a retired officer of Caesar's army. "Catiline" contains the history of the memorable year 63. Sallust describes Catiline as the deliberate foe of law, order and morality (although party politics may have influenced his view). Still, Sallust does recount Catiline's noble traits, including his courage in the final battle. There is doubt among historians about whether Caesar was involved in the conspiracy; several of Catiline's adherants who survived later joined Caesar's side in his was against Pompey. The difficulty of Cicero's position is throughly treated. Jugurthine War records the war in Numidia c.112 B.C. This war, which introduces the rivals Marius and Sulla to the Roman political scene, recounts the downfall and captur of the Numidian King Jugurtha. There is an exciting description of an agile Ligurian agent of the Roman side entering a besieged enemy city. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Catiline Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War
• Author credits: Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 6:43:33

Catalogue topics

• classics
• history
• Roman Empire
• History of Rome
• Catiline
• Numidia
• Jugurtha
• Caesar

Track guide

1. 01 - Note on Sallust — 11:09
2. 02 - Introduction to Catiline Conspiracy — 29:06
3. 03 - Catiline Conspiracy part 01 — 19:43
4. 04 - Catiline Conspiracy part 02 — 19:09
5. 05 - Catiline Conspiracy part 03 — 17:09
6. 06 - Catiline Conspiracy part 04 — 20:03
7. 07 - Catiline Conspiracy part 05 — 19:38
8. 08 - Catiline Conspiracy part 06 — 15:05
9. 09 - Introduction to the Jugurthine War — 7:54
10. 10 - The Jugurthine War part 01 — 14:34
11. 11 - The Jugurthine War part 02 — 19:48
12. 12 - The Jugurthine War part 03 — 28:56
13. 13 - The Jugurthine War part 04 — 21:48
14. 14 - The Jugurthine War part 05 — 22:26
15. 15 - The Jugurthine War part 06 — 22:16
16. 16 - The Jugurthine War part 07 — 22:51
17. 17 - The Jugurthine War part 08 — 23:38
18. 18 - The Jugurthine War part 09 — 16:33
19. 19 - The Jugurthine War part 10 — 17:11
20. 20 - The Jugurthine War part 11 — 16:55
21. 21 - The Jugurthine War part 12 — 17:53

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