A man with a troubled past, he was once imprisoned for his pamphlets against the queen. Founder of the newspaper "Le Patriote français", member of the Legislative Assembly and the Convention, he was one of the leaders of the Girondins (also called Brissotins). He is against Robespierre, one of the supporters of the war, his strong opposition against the Mountain leads to his unpopularity. He will be expelled from the Jacobins where the Montagnards like Robespierre now rule the roost. It is again Robespierre, who is hounding him and the Girondins. He was eventually arrested and executed.
Gaius Sallust Crispus was a direct witness to the transformation of the small Roman republic into the vast empire we remember today. He saw how the republican constitution collapsed by not being able to articulate a system adapted to the conquests that were taking place. The hegemony of the Senate g