Gaius Sallustius Crispus Passienus

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Gaius Sallustius Passienus Crispus was a prominent figure in the Roman Empire during the first century AD. He was the adopted grandson and biological great, great nephew of the historian Sallust.

He was known for his power, wealth, and influence, and was married twice. He was consul in 27 and 44 AD. His first marriage was to Caesar Augustus’ great niece, Domitia in AD 33. In February/March AD 41, he was asked by the Emperor Claudius, to divorce his cousin and marry his niece Agrippina the Younger. Agrippina had recently lost her husband to illness, had returned from exile and had a young son to care for.

Passienus agreed and married later that year to Agrippina the Younger. His stepson was Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, who would later become the Roman Emperor Nero. Passienus died in AD 47, possibly from poisoning by his wife.

Passienus was an intelligent, humble and witty person, famous for his epigram that there had never been a better slave or a worse master, referring to the Emperor Tiberius and his heir, Caligula. His words survive in the works of Tacitus. He wrote two works of which we still have knowledge: a history of the war against Jugurtha of Numidia and a history of the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina.

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