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| Title | Sallust, Florus, and Velleius Paterculus [Bohn's classical library] |
| Author | Sallust |
| Translated by | John Selby Watson |
| Publisher | G. Bell, 1884 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 15 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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