Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus (1886/2003). Prologi.
PROLOGUS1 OF BOOK I.
These things are contained in the first volume.2 The imperium3 of the Assyrians from
Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus (1886/2003). Prologi.
PROLOGUS1 OF BOOK I.
These things are contained in the first volume.2 The imperium3 of the Assyrians from King Ninus down to Sardanapallus: after whom it was transferred by Arbaces to the Medes, down to their last king, Astyages. He was driven from the throne by his grandson, Cyrus, and the Persians assumed power. Cyrus attacked King Croesus of Lydia, whom he defeated and captured. At this point there is a digression on the geography of the Aeolic and Ionian cities and on the origins of the Lydians, and in Italy of the Etruscans. After Cyrus, his son Cambyses conquered Egypt. Here are recalled the origins of the Egyptian cities. After Cambyses died, Darius killed the Magi, acquired the throne of Persia and, after capturing Babylon, embarked on his Scythian wars.
PROLOGUS OF BOOK II.
These things are contained in the second volume. The geography of Scythia and Pontus, and the origins of Scythia up to the war, in which Darius was driven out: who after this flight made war on Greece, through Datis and Tissaphernes [as his generals], which the Athenians alone resisted. Here are recalled the origins of Athens and [an account of] its kings down to the tyranny of Pisistratus, after the extinction of which they defeated the Persians at Marathon. After the death of Darius his son Xerxes brought war into Greece:4 and the origins of the Thessalians are recalled: after the expulsion of Xerxes from Greece, the war was carried into Asia by the Athenians, [where it continued] until the death of Xerxes.
PROLOGUS OF BOOK III.
These things are contained in the third volume. After Xerxes' death, his son Artaxerxes' vengeance on his father's murderer, Artabanus, and his war with the man responsible for the seccession of Egypt; and in the first place his general Achaemenes was defeated, and then Egypt was recaptured by Bagabaxus. Then how the Greeks after making peace with the king waged wars among themselves. There are recalled the origins of the Peloponnesians: how they were occupied by the descendants of Hercules, a Dorian people. Next the Argolian and Messanian wars and the alliance between the tyrants of Sicyon and Corinth. The war of Crisa and how the Athenians fought first with the Boeotians and then with the Peloponnesians.
PROLOGUS OF BOOK IV.
Sicilian affairs are contained in the fourth volume, from the ultimate origin down to the destruction at Syracuse of the Athenian fleet.
PROLOGUS OF BOOK V.
These things are contained in the fifth volume. The war between the Athenians and the Spartans, which is called Deceleican, up to the capture of Athens. How the 30 tyrants were driven from Athens. The war which the Spartans waged in Asia with Artaxerxes because of the assistance they gave to Cyrus. Here is recalled in a digression the war fought by Cyrus and the Greeks who fought under him with his brother.
PROLOGUS OF BOOK VI.
These things are contained in the sixth volume. The war waged in Asia by the Spartans, led by Dercylides and Agesilaus, against the Persian prefects, down to the naval battle at Cnidus: after their defeat the Athenians regained their imperium. Then the Corinthian and Boeotian Wars, in which the Spartans lost their empire when they were defeated at Leuctra and Mantinea. Then, in Thessaly, the establishment of the hegemony of Jason of Pherae, and of Alexander of Pherae after him, and its extinction. Then the social war against the Athenians by the people of Chios, Rhodes and Byzantium. Here there is a transition to Macedonian history.
PROLOGUS OF BOOK VII.
In the seventh volume are contained [an account of] the origins of Macedonia and its kings, from Caranus, the founder of the race, down to Philip the Great: and of the exploits of Philip himself to the capture of the city of Mothone. The origins of the Illyrians and the Paeonians is also added in a digression.
PROLOGUS OF BOOK VIII.
In the eight volume are contained the exploits of Philip the Great after the capture of the city of Mothone, from the start of the Phocian War, which they called the Sacred War, down to its end: and inserted here is the war which Philip fought with the cities of Chalcidice, of which he destroyed the most famous, Olynthos. Then the Illyrian kings are defeated by him, and Thrace and Thessaly are subjugated, and Ale