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An Augustan World History: The Historiae Philippicae of Pompeius Trogus*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2009

J. M. Alonso-Núñez
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The political unification of the Mediterranean world in the last epoch of the Roman Republic doubtless provided the stimulus for the composition of world histories. One of these is the only universal history written in Latin, under the title Historiae Philippicae, by Pompeius Trogus in the time of Augustus. The original work is lost, but we have an Epitoma produced around the year A.D. 200 by Iustinus. The prologi, which contain summaries of the original work, have been preserved, but there is no indication of authorship.

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Greece & Rome , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , April 1987 , pp. 56 - 72
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Copyright © The Classical Association 1987

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