No. 6330 · dated by century
Gaius Crispus Sallustius
died 20Nobleman and mining magnateEurope · c. 50 BCMost named place: Rome
As a grand nephew and adopted son of famous Roman historian and senator Gaius Sallustius Crispus, Sallustius had open road to high political positions in the country. He served as private adviser of the Emperor Augustus and Tiberius, and his social position was additionaly consolidated by marriage of his adopted son, C. Sallustius Passienus Crispus with Agrippina, the mother of the Emperor Nero. Sallustius who inherited wealth was immensely rich and owned the copper mines in the Graian Alps. He ordered the construction of the magnificent Gardens of Sallust on the Quirinal in Rome.