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HISTORIAE PHILIPPICAE
The history of Justin containing a narration of kingdoms, from the beginning of the Assyrian monarchy, to the reign of the Emperour Augustus.
Leyden, 1719.
381, (10) pp.
With engraved title page.
Size 5 by 8"
Contemporary vellum.
Very good condition.
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Justin, in full Marcus Junianus Justinus, (flourished 3rd century ad), Roman historian who was the author of Epitome, an abridgment of the Historiae Philippicae et totius mundi origines et terrae situs (Philippic Histories) by Pompeius Trogus, whose work is lost.
Justin was the author of an epitome of Trogus' expansive Liber Historiarum Philippicarum, or Philippic Histories, a history of the kings of Macedonia, compiled in the time of Augustus. Due to its numerous digressions, this work was retitled by one of its editors, Historia Philippicae et Totius Mundi Origines et Terrae Situs, or Philippic History and Origins of the Entire World and All of its Lands. Justin's preface explains that he aimed to collect the most important and interesting passages of that work, which has since been lost. Some of Trogus' original arguments (prologi) are preserved in various other authors, such as Pliny the Elder. Trogus' main theme was the rise and history of the Macedonian Empire, and like him, Justin permitted himself consider
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