Historiae Philippicae et totius mundi origines et terrae situs

The Historiae Philippicae et totius mundi origines et terrae situs was a lost work by the Roman historian Pompeius Trogus. This extensive history, written in 44 books, focused on the Macedonian Empire founded by Philip II as its central theme.1

Trogus's work covered ancient kingdoms from Assyria and Persia to Macedonia and the Hellenistic monarchies, extending to Parthia, Rome under its kings, and Gaul and Spain. His perspective was cosmopolitan and Greek, rather than patriotic and Roman. The original text is no longer extant, but its content is preserved through an abridgment by Justin, a Roman historian of the 3rd century AD. Justin's Epitome retains about one-sixth of Trogus's original material and has been valuable for students of the Hellenistic world.12