The Jugurthine War | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

The Conspiriacy of Caitiline I-XII Abstract

* Sallust talks about the different strengths needed for war, the mind for planning and the body for attacking.
* He says in the past empires were based on intellect rather than brute strength.
* Sallust says that a historian does not write with a bias but with...
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