Justin (historian) - Wikipedia Justin (historian) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Justin (Latin: Marcus Junianus Justinus Frontinus;[n 1] c. second century) was a Latin writer who lived under the Roman Empire. Epitome historiarum Trogi Pompeii Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Legacy 4 Notes 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External links Life[edit] Almost nothing is known of Justin's personal history, his name appearing only in the title of his work. He must have lived after Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus, whose work he excerpted, and his references to the Romans and Parthians' having divided the world between themselves would have been anachronistic after the rise of the Sassanians in the third century. His Latin appears to be consistent with the style of the second century. Ronald Syme, however, argues for a date around AD 390, immediately before the compilation of the Augustan History, and dismisses anachronisms and the archaic style as unimportant, as he asserts readers would have understood Justin's phrasing to represent Trogus' time, and not his own.[1] Works[edit] 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 considerable freedom of digression, producing an idiosyncratic anthology rather than a strict epitome. Legacy[edit] Justin's history was much used in the Middle Ages, when its author was sometimes mistakenly conflated with Justin Martyr.[2] Notes[edit] ^ Justin's name is given only in manuscripts of his own history, the majority of which simply identify him as Justinus. One manuscript identifies him as Justinus Frontinus, the other as Marcus Junianus Justinus. The accuracy of these names is uncertain. References[edit] ^ Syme (1988). ^ EB (1911). sfnp error: no target: CITEREFEB1911 (help) Bibliography[edit]  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Justin". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Borgna, Alice (2018), "Ripensare la storia universale. Giustino e l'Epitome delle Storie Filippiche di Pompeo Trogo", Spudasmata. Syme, Ronald (1988), "The Date of Justin and the Discovery of Trogus", Historia, No. 37, pp. 358–371. External links[edit] An early edition (Milan, 1476) of the Epitome from the Bavarian State Library Justin's Epitome at The Latin Library, Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum, & Itinera Electronica (in Latin) Watson's 1853 translation at CSL, the Tertullian Project, & Attalus (in English) Arnaud-Lindet's 2003 translation at CSL (in French) Correa's 2003 partial translation at CSL (in Spanish) Prologi of Pompeius Trogus's work at the Tertullian Project Authority control BIBSYS: 95002665 BNE: XX875329 BNF: cb120317576 (data) CANTIC: a11326712 CiNii: DA06678369 GND: 11871435X ISNI: 0000 0001 2124 4766 LCCN: n82043687 NDL: 00671642 NKC: ola2002158752 NLA: 35945453 NLI: 000072670 NLP: A11055029 NSK: 000384088 NTA: 069116431 PLWABN: 9810638145205606 RERO: 02-A000096264 SELIBR: 192057 SUDOC: 028492528 Trove: 1157676 VcBA: 495/24211 VIAF: 24616821 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n82043687 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Justin_(historian)&oldid=993090404" Categories: 2nd-century Romans 2nd-century historians Latin historians Hidden categories: Harv and Sfn no-target errors Articles containing Latin-language text Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica CS1: long volume value Articles with Latin-language sources (la) Articles with French-language sources (fr) Articles with Spanish-language sources (es) Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNE identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with CANTIC identifiers Wikipedia articles with CINII identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NDL identifiers Wikipedia articles with NKC identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLA identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLI identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLP identifiers Wikipedia articles with NSK identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers Wikipedia articles with RERO identifiers Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers Wikipedia articles with VcBA identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown Place of birth unknown Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikisource Languages Asturianu Български Brezhoneg Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Esperanto Euskara فارسی Français Galego 한국어 Հայերեն हिन्दी Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Latina Lingua Franca Nova Magyar Nederlands 日本語 Norsk bokmål Polski Português Română Русский Slovenčina Slovenščina Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Українська 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 8 December 2020, at 18:58 (UTC). 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