Dr Alexander Barclay was a poet and clergyman of the Church of England, probably born in Scotland.
Woodcut Frontispiece from Alexander Barclay's "Lyfe of Seynt George" Westminster 1515
Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust, was a historian and politician of the Roman Republic from a plebeian family. Probably born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines, Sallust became a partisan of Julius Caesar, circa 50s BC. He is the earliest known Latin-language Roman historian with surviving works to his name, of which Conspiracy of Catiline on the eponymous conspiracy, The Jugurthine War on the eponymous war, and the Histories remain extant. As a writer, Sallust was primarily influenced by the works of the 5th-century BC Greek historian Thucydides. During his political career he amassed great and ill-gotten wealth from his governorship of Africa.
Imaginary portrait of Sallust
c. 1490 manuscript of De Bello Jugurthino
Gardens of Sallust
4th century AD bronze medallion, inscribed: SALUSTI/VS AVTOR; an imaginary likeness, sometimes identified as Sallustius Crispus.