Epitome of Pompeius Trogus, Volume I | Justin | Twarda

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pbA condensed Roman history of non-Roman civilizations.b pTo Justin Marcus Junianius Justinus, otherwise unknown, is attributed our abbreviated version of the lost iPhilippic Historyi 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. pJustin, 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 o

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