Pompeius Trogus, a Romanized Gaul, wrote a forty-four book universal history (The Philippic History) of the non-Roman, Mediterranean world, which was later abbreviated by M. Junianus Justinus. This volume supplies a historical analysis of this unique source with a full translation and running commentary on Books 13-15.

J. C. Yardley is Emeritus and Adjunct Professor, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa.
Pat Wheatley is a Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Otago, New Zealand. His research specialty is the history and historiography of the Successors to Alexander the Great. He has published articles on the chronology, coinage, and social aspects of this period.
Waldemar Heckel is Professor of Ancient History, University of Calgary.

• List of Maps


• List of Tables


• Abbreviations


• Introduction


• 1: Books 13-15


• 2: Sources for the Age of the Successors and their Use by Trogus


• 3: The Chronology of the Period 323-297 bc


• Translation


• Book 13


• Book 14


• Book 15


• Prologues 13-15


• Commentary


• Book 13


• Book 14


• Book 15


• Prologues 13-15


• Appendices


• I Fragments of Pompeius Trogus


• II Texts Relating to the History of the Successors


• III Eumenes Speech to His Army


• IV The Language of Justin and Trogus


• 1: Livian-Trogan Expressions in Books 13-15


• 2: Non-Livian Trogan Uses in Books 13-15


• 3: Justinisms in Justin


• 4: Poetic Usages


• V: What Justin Omits


• Index