1719 Historae Philippiae antique by JUSTIN - MACEDONIA KINGS HISTORY

Marcus Junianus JUSTINUS 

Justini Historae Philippiae cum integris commentariis Jac. Bongarsii, ... et excerptis aliorum. Curante Abrahamo Gronovio. 


Lugduni Batavorum, apud Theodorum Haak, 1719. 

8vo (4 3/4 by 7 3/4")

Brown calf, five compartments flowered spine, engraved frontispiece by Bleyswyck, included in pagination. 

Very good condition, some wear of binding.

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Justin (Latin: Marcus Junianus Justinus Frontinus;[n 1] c.?second century) was a Latin writer who lived under the Roman Empire.

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 consider
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