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Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus: Volume II: Books 13-15: The Successors to Alexander the Great

Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus: Volume II: Books 13-15: The Successors to Alexander the Great

Yardley, John
Justinus, Marcus Junianus
Yardley, J. C.

Hardcover

Series: Clarendon Ancient History

Literary CriticismAncient GreeceFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 0199277591
ISBN13: 9780199277599
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: Feb 20 2012
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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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