The Loeb Classical Library: Epitome of Pompeius Trogus, Volume I : Books 1–20

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The Loeb Classical Library: Epitome of Pompeius Trogus, Volume I : Books 1–20To Justin (Marcus Junian(i)us Justinus), otherwise unknown, is attributed our abbreviated version of the lost Philippic History by (Gnaeus?) Pompeius Trogus, a massive account, in forty four books, of the non Roman world and its civilizations, from mythic beginnings through Alexander the Great, the Hellenistic kingdoms, and Parthia. Trogus work thus complemented the monumental history of Rome by his Augustan contemporary, Livy, and in high style

tracing nearly all the world’s evils to this one toxic source

Theseus and the Minotaur

Suetonius and the Emperor Trajan

living through outbreaks of plague (likely smallpox) that devastated the Roman Empire

as well as including discussion of recent scholarship and new research into the cult of Dionysus

A wide range of literary

His biography of his father-in-law

including in-depth explanations of Roman court proceedings

Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods

as in previous volumes by the present author

was designed by the author to ingratiate himself with Nero

one praising Constantius’ wife Eusebia