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Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus: Volume II: Books 13-15

The Successors to Alexander the Great

By: Marcus Junianus Justinus

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Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus: Volume II: Books 13-15

The Successors to Alexander the Great

By: Marcus Junianus Justinus

Pompeius Trogus, a Romanized Gaul living in the age of Augustus, wrote a forty-four book universal history (The Philippic History) of the non-Roman Mediterranean world. This work was later abbreviated by M. Junianus Justinus. Alexander the Great's life has been examined in minute detail by scholars for many decades, but the period of chaos that ensued after his death in 323 BC has received much less attention. Few historical sources recount the history of this period consecutively. Justin's abbreviated epitome of the lost Philippic history of Pompeius Trogus is the only relatively continuous account we have left of the events that transpired in the 40 years from 323 BC. This volume supplies a historical analysis of this unique source for the difficult period of Alexander's Successors up to 297 BC, a full translation, and running commentary on Books 13-15.

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Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus

By: Marcus Junianus Justinus

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This volume presents the first authoritative English translation and scholarly commentary on a little known but important ancient historical source: the 2nd/3rd century Roman historian Justin's epitome or abridged version of the Philippic History by Pompeius Trogus (27 BC-AD 14). This book covers books 11-12 and represents one of the five major sources for historians on the life and times of Alexander the Great.

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By: Marcus Junianus Justinus

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Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus: Volume II: Books 13-15

The Successors to Alexander the Great

By: Marcus Junianus Justinus

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By: Marcus Junianus Justinus

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To Justin (Marcus Junian(i)us Justinus), otherwise unknown, is attributed our abbreviated version of the lost 'Philippic history' by (Gnaeus?) Pompeius Trogus, a massive account, in forty-four books, of the non-Roman world and its civilizations, from mythic beginnings through Alexander the Great, the Hellenistic kingdoms, and Parthia. Trogus' work thus complemented the monumental history of Rome by his Augustan contemporary, Livy, and in high style traced similar moral themes: rulers and states that lack such virtues as moderation, justice, and piety bring harm or ruin on themselves, and often on their realms as well. Justin, working at some time in the late second to the late fourth century AD, did not produce a strict epitome or summary but what he calls 'a brief anthology': not unlike Florus (LCL 231), who used Livy's history as the primary source for a brief but original military history of Rome, Justin freely selected what suited his own purposes, favoring 'what makes pleasurable reading or serves to provide a moral,' with an eye to the kind of emotive anecdotes that might be useful to orators. He also blends Trogus' language with borrowings from literature of subsequent generations. Justin's anthology became one of the most widely read and influential books in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, indeed the main authority on world history other than Roman, surviving in more than 200 manuscripts. Also included in this edition are the 'Prologues,' summaries of Trogus by some other compiler, which preserve many details that Justin omits or reports differently."--

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The invasion of India by Alexander the Great as described by Arrian, Q. Curtius, Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin...

By: Quintus Curtius Rufus,Marcus Junianus Justinus,John Watson M'Crindle

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The invasion of India by Alexander the Great as described by Arrian, Q. Curtius, Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin...

By: Quintus Curtius Rufus,Marcus Junianus Justinus,John Watson M'Crindle

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Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus: Volume II: Books 13-15

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Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus: Volume II: Books 13-15

Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus: Volume II: Books 13-15

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The invasion of India by Alexander the Great as described by Arrian, Q. Curtius, Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin...

The invasion of India by Alexander the Great as described by Arrian, Q. Curtius, Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin...

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