Justin and Pompeius Trogus

by Yardley, John C.

• ISBN13: 9780802087669
• ISBN10: 0802087663
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

Around 200AD, Marcus Junianus Justinus produced an abridged or 'epitomized' version of the Philippic Histories of the Augustan historian Pompeius Trogus. In doing so, he omitted all he did not find either intrinsically interesting or of use for historical examples. Over the centuries that followed, the abridgement eclipsed the original work in popularity, to the extent that Trogus' original work vanished and only Justin's version survived. In this investigation of the language of the Epitome, the first in almost a century, J.C. Yardley examines the work to establish how much of the text belongs to Trogus, and how much to Justin. His study compares words and expressions used in the Epitomewith the usage of other Roman authors, and establishes areas where diction is similar to Augustan-era Latin and less in use in Justin's time. Yardley's extensive analysis reveals that there is more of Justin in the work than is often supposed, which may have implications for the historical credibility of the document. Yardley also demonstrates how much Trogus was influenced by his contemporary Livy as well as other Roman authors such as Sallust and Caesar, and how the Epitomereveals the influence of Roman poetry, especially the work of Virgil.

Author Biography

J.C. Yardley is a professor of Classics at the University of Ottawa and former President of the Classical Association of Canada.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Abbreviations	xi
Introduction	3	(4)
PART 1: POMPEIUS TROGUS	7	(106)
Trogus, Sallust, and Caesar	9	(11)
Trogus and Livy	20	(59)
Trogus (and Justin) and Cicero	79	(13)
Other Possible Trogan Usages	92	(21)
PART 2: JUSTIN	113	(110)
`Justinisms' in Justin	116	(65)
Justin and Pseudo-Quintilian	181	(7)
Poetic Elements in the Epitome	188	(26)
Trogus, Justin, and the Law	214	(9)
Index Rerum Et Nominum Notabiliorum	223	(3)
Index Justinianus	226	(29)
Index Aliorum Locorum	255