For 10 points, identify this Roman historian, who chronicled the Jugurthine War and the Catiline Conspiracy.
He may have written an Invective Against a figure who he blamed for holding trials "under the Plautian law", while his support of the loser at the Battle of Gergovia won him a short term governorship in present day Algeria. A mostly lost work of his begins in 78 BC and takes over where Lucius Cornelius Sisenna left off, while more famous works than his Histories include one where this supporter of Julius Caesar criticizes Gaius Marius's policies. Another work is devoted to the same man that Cicero wrote an oration about, a politician who attempted to overthrow the Roman Senate and who ultimately died in battle near Pistoria. For 10 points, identify this Roman historian, who chronicled the Jugurthine War and the Catiline Conspiracy.
He may have written an Invective Against a figure who he blamed for holding trials "under the Plautian law", while his support of the loser at the Battle of Gergovia won him a short term governorship in present day Algeria.
Sallust [also accept Gaius Sallustius Crispus]