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Quotation from Catiline's War and The Jugurthine War by Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
“That it was a venal city, and would soon perish, if it could but find a purchaser!”
Catiline's War and The Jugurthine War, The Jugurthine War, ch. XXXV, trans. John Selby Watson
Ordered out of Italy after the murder of Massiva, Jugurtha looks back at Rome as he departs.
Citation: "That it was a venal city, and would soon perish, if it could but find a purchaser!" — Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus), Catiline's War and The Jugurthine War, The Jugurthine War, ch. XXXV, trans. John Selby Watson. (id sallust-catiline-and-jugurtha-q8)
Portrait: Salluste (cropped), Philippe Trière after Maréchal, Public domain.
