person
Lucius Cornelius Sisenna
Sisenna
also: L. Sisenna
Roman annalist and praetor (d. 67 BC) whose history of the Sullan age Sallust judges the best of its kind, but too partial to Sulla to speak freely; cited as Sallust declines to treat Sulla's later deeds.
Reading notes
- The Jugurthine War §95 Lucius Sisenna
L. Cornelius Sisenna, the leading historian of the Sullan period, whom Sallust rates highest of his kind but faults for partiality to Sulla.