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'Justin' or 'Marcus Junianus Justinus' or 'Justinus Frontinus' was a 3rd century Roman historian. Justinus was also the leader of a group of Christian gnostics who was criticised by the late 2nd and early 3rd century writer Hippolytus.
Of his personal history nothing is known. He is the author of ''Historiarum Philippicarum libri XLIV'', a work described by himself in his preface as a collection of the most important and interesting passages from the voluminous ''Historiae pillippicae et totius mundi origines et terrae situs'', written in the time of Augustus by Pompeius Trogus.
The work of Trogus is lost; but the ''prologi'' or arguments of the text are preserved by Pliny and other writers. Although the main theme of Trogus was the rise and history of the Macedonian monarchy, Justin yet permitted himself considerable freedom of digression, and thus produced a capricious anthology instead of a mundane summary (or 'epitome') of the work.
As it stands, the history contains much valuable information. The style, though far from perfect, is clear and occasionally elegant. The book was much used in the middle ages, when the author was sometimes confused with Justin Martyr.

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★ Justin in Latin at The Latin Library

★ Forum Romanum: Justin (Latin text, English translation by John Selby Watson [1853], French translation, partial Spanish translation.)

★ Tertullian: Early Church Fathers - Additional Texts (John Selby Watson's translation of 1853 along with a translation of Trogus' ''Prologi''. Search on "Justinus".)

★ Attalus; Justin: trans. Rev. John Selby Watson, 1853 (Books 14–18, 22–39 from this site with links for the other books to the Forum Romanum site above.)