Epitome Of Pompeius Trogus Volume Ii: Books 21–44 Justin Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays And Literary Reference

A Condensed Roman History Of Non-Roman Civilizations To Justin (Marcus Junian(I)Us Justinus) Otherwise Unknown Is Attributed Our Abbreviated Version The Lost Philippic By (Gnaeus?) Pompeius Trogus Massive Account In Forty-Four Books World And Its From Mythic Beginnings Through Alexander Great Hellenistic Kingdoms Parthia Trogus’ Work Thus Complemented Monumental Rome His Augustan Contemporary Livy High Style Traced Similar Moral Themes: Rulers States That Lack Such Virtues As Moderation Justice Piety Bring Harm Or Ruin On Themselves Often Their Realms Well Working At Some Time Late Second Fourth Century Ad Did Not Produce Strict Epitome Summary But What He Calls “A Brief Anthology”: Unlike Florus (Lcl 231) Who Used Livy’s Primary Source For Original Military Freely Selected Suited Own Purposes Favoring “What Makes Pleasurable Reading Serves Provide ” With An Eye Kind Emotive Anecdotes Might Be Useful Orators Also Blends Language Borrowings Literature Subsequent Generations Justin’s Anthology Became One Most Widely Read Influential Middle Ages Renaissance Indeed Main Authority Other Than Surviving More 200 Manuscripts Included This Edition Are “Prologues Summaries Compiler Which Preserve Many Details Omits Reports Differently Σελίδες: 416 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1014 Διαστάσεις: 10 8X10 8Cm