Historiae Philippicae et totius mundi origines et terrae situs
work by Trogus
Also known as: “Philippic Histories”
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abridgment by Justin
- In Justin
…Epitome, an abridgment of the Historiae Philippicae et totius mundi origines et terrae situs (Philippic Histories) by Pompeius Trogus, whose work is lost. Most of the abridgement is not so much a summary as passages quoted from Trogus, connected by colourless moralizing by Justin. Nothing is known of Justin’s personal…
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discussed in biography
- In Pompeius Trogus
…elder Pliny, and a history, Historiae Philippicae, (“Philippic Histories”) in 44 books, so called because the Macedonian empire founded by Philip II is its central theme. This work treated the ancient kingdoms from Assyria and Persia to Macedonia and the Hellenistic monarchies, followed by Parthia, Rome under the kings, and…
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