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Cyrus the Great

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Author: Gaius Sallustius Crispus

Cyrus

also: Cyrus

Founder of the Persian (Achaemenid) Empire in the sixth century BC; for Sallust the first great conqueror in Asia and an emblem of the lust for domination.

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The Conspiracy of Catiline §2 Cyrus
Cyrus the Great (d. 530 BC), founder of the Persian Empire; for Sallust the first conqueror who turned the lust for domination into a cause of war.

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The Conspiracy of Catiline hist · 1 mention

§2 Cyrus