El uso tan peculiar que del estilo hace Salustio, le permite, mediante una serie de contraposiciones binarias, abordar distintos aspectos de la narración a fin de fortalecer sus ideas acerca de distintos aspectos y momentos de la historia.
The particular use that Sallust makes of style lets him make an approach, through binary opposition, to different aspects of the narration, in order to emphasize his opinions with regards to several moments of History.