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Quotation from Catiline's War and The Jugurthine War by Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
“At first the love of money, and then that of power, began to prevail, and these became, as it were, the sources of every evil.”
Catiline's War and The Jugurthine War, Catiline's War, ch. X, trans. John Selby Watson
Sallust's account of what changed in Rome after the destruction of Carthage.
Citation: "At first the love of money, and then that of power, began to prevail, and these became, as it were, the sources of every evil." — Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus), Catiline's War and The Jugurthine War, Catiline's War, ch. X, trans. John Selby Watson. (id sallust-catiline-and-jugurtha-q2)
Portrait: Salluste (cropped), Philippe Trière after Maréchal, Public domain.
