Books XLI and XLII of Justinus’ Epitoma are mostly devoted to a Parthian excursus.There is no great space for Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms, although they constituted an important part of Pompeius Trogus’s narrative. Following some well informed Greek sources (above all Apollodorus of Artemita, directly or indirectly) the Gallic author presented a detailed picture of all the eastern kingdoms from Mesopotamia to India in the Hellenistic times. Such careful attention to these ‘marginal’ monarchies permits to appreciate the historiographical (and ethnographical) aim of delete the Pompeius Trogus and to reconsider his aptitude towards Rome. Despite the importance accorded to the Arsacids in his schema of translatio imperii, on one side he recognized Rome’s superiority in the world history, and on the other side he wanted to offer an exhaustivepicture of the whole oikoumene.
I Parti (e e le regalità greco-battriane e indo-greche) in Pompeo Trogo/Giustino, tra etnografia e storiografia
MUCCIOLI, FEDERICOMARIA
2016
Abstract
Books XLI and XLII of Justinus’ Epitoma are mostly devoted to a Parthian excursus.There is no great space for Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms, although they constituted an important part of Pompeius Trogus’s narrative. Following some well informed Greek sources (above all Apollodorus of Artemita, directly or indirectly) the Gallic author presented a detailed picture of all the eastern kingdoms from Mesopotamia to India in the Hellenistic times. Such careful attention to these ‘marginal’ monarchies permits to appreciate the historiographical (and ethnographical) aim of delete the Pompeius Trogus and to reconsider his aptitude towards Rome. Despite the importance accorded to the Arsacids in his schema of translatio imperii, on one side he recognized Rome’s superiority in the world history, and on the other side he wanted to offer an exhaustivepicture of the whole oikoumene.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
