Database: Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris (CHAP)

Title(s):

Epitome
Liber historiarum Philippicarum et totius mundi origines et terrae situs
(Liber historiarum philippicarum et totius mundi origines et terrae situs, Book of the Philippic histories, the origins of the whole world and the outline of the earth)
Liber historiarum Philippicarum et item totius mundi origines et item terrae situs
(Liber historiarum philippicarum et item totius mundi origines et item terrae situs, Book of the Philippic histories, and also the origins of the whole world and the outline of the earth)
Pompei Trogi Epitoma historiarum
(Pompei Trogi Epitoma historiarum, Epitome of the histories of Pompeius Trogus)
M. Iuniani Iustini epithoma historiarum
(M. iuniani iustini epithoma historiarum, Marcus Iunianus Iustinus’s epitome of Histories)

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Period covered:

Ninus-Cantabrian wars (19 B.C.)

Language:

Latin

State of Preservation:

Full

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Remarks:

Justin summarized the work of Pompeius Trogus, a historian living under Augustus.

Edition - Translation:

M.-P. Arnaud-Lindet (2003) Justin, Abrégé des Histoires Philippiques de Trogue-Pompée: http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/justin
O. Seel (1985) M. Iuniani Iustini Epitoma Historiarum Philippicarum Pompei Trogi. Accedunt Prologi in Pompeium Trogum. Second edition. Stuttgart.
J. Cástro Sanchez, E. García Ruiz (1995) Epítome de las "historias filípicas" de Pompeyo Trogo: Prólogos, fragmentos. Madrid.
L. Santi Amantini (1981) Giustino: Storie Filippiche, Epitome da Pompeo Trogo. Milano.
O. Seel (1972) M. Iunianus Iustinus: Auszug aus der Weltgeschichte des Pompeius Trogus. Zürich-Stuttgart.
J. Yardley, R. Develin (1994) Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus (American Philological Association: Classical Resources Series, 3). Atlanta (Ga.).
J. Yardley, W. Heckel (1997) Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus. Volume One: Books 11-12, Alexander the Great. Oxford.
J. Yardley, P. Wheatley, W. Heckel (2011) Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus. Volume Two: Books 13-15, the successors to Alexander the Great. Oxford.
B. Mineo, G. Zecchini (2016) Justin: Abrégé des Histoires Philipiques de Trogue Pompée. Tome I: Livres I–X (Collection des Universités de France). Paris.

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T.D. Barnes (1998) 'Two passages of Justin'. The Classical Quarterly 48: 589-593.
A. Berger, J. Fontaine, C. Schmidt (2020) Handbuch der Lateinischen Literatur. Sechster Band: Die Literatur im Zeitalter des Theodosius. Erster Teil: Fachprosa, Dichtung, Kunstprosa. Munich: 580-586
G. Billanovich (1994) La biblioteca di Pomposa: Pomposia monasterium modo in Italia primum (Medioevo e umanesimo, 86). Padova: esp. 181-212.
J. Boerma (1937) Historischer Kommentar zu Justins Epitome Historiarum Philippicarum des Pompeius Trogus, l. XXVII-XXXIII, und zu den Prologi dieser Bücher. Den Haag.
A. Borgna (2014) 'Uno sguardo originale intorno a Roma: Pompeo Trogo e Giustino'. La biblioteca di classico contemporaneo 1: 52-77.
L. Ferrero (1957) Struttura e metodo dell'Epitome di Giustino. Turin.
G. Forni (1958) Valore storico e fonti di Pompeo Trogo. Volume One: Per le guerre greco-persiane (Pubblicazioni dell'Università di Urbino: Serie lettere e filosofia, 7). Urbino.
H. Hegendhal (1941) Orosius und Iustinus: Ein beitrag zur iustinischen textgeschichte. Göteborg.
D.R. Shackleton Bailey (1980) 'Textual notes on Justin (Trogus)'. Phoenix: 34: 227-236.
R. Syme (1988) 'The date of Justin and the discovery of Trogus'. Historia 37: 358-371.
J. Yardley (2003) Justin and Pompeius Trogus: A study of the language of Justin's Epitome of Trogus (Phoenix, Supplement 41). Toronto.