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Line 5: − [[Justin's History of the World]] otherwise known as ''Epitome'' is understood to be an abridgement of [[Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus|Pompey Trogue's]] work ''Historiae Philippicae et totius mundi origines et terrae situs'' (otherwise known as ''Philippic Histories'') whose work compiled in the time of [[Augustus]] is now lost. But the work now preserved through ''Justin Martyr'' is considered important to students of the [[Hellenistic]] period due to its Macedonian and Parthian content. Some critics accuse the work of "colourless moralising"<ref>''Encyclopedia Britannica'', retrieved 2024-01-26<br>https://www.britannica.com/biography/Justin-Roman-historian</ref> While others suggest that the identities of Justin Martyr and the author of the histories may have been mistaken as the same.<ref>Chrisholm, Hugh, (ed. 1911) "Justin" ''Encyclopedia Britannica'', (11th Edition) Cambridge University Press</ref>+ +
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==Works==
==Works==
===Justin's History of the World===
===Justin's History of the World===
Justin's History of the World otherwise known as ''Epitome'' is understood to be an abridgement of [[Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus|Pompey Trogue's]] work ''Historiae Philippicae et totius mundi origines et terrae situs'' (otherwise known as ''Philippic Histories'') whose work compiled in the time of [[Augustus]] is now lost. But the work now preserved through ''Justin Martyr'' is considered important to students of the [[Hellenistic]] period due to its Macedonian and Parthian content. Some critics accuse the work of "colourless moralising"<ref>''Encyclopedia Britannica'', retrieved 2024-01-26<br>https://www.britannica.com/biography/Justin-Roman-historian</ref> While others suggest that the identities of Justin Martyr and the author of the histories may have been mistaken as the same.<ref>Chrisholm, Hugh, (ed. 1911) "Justin" ''Encyclopedia Britannica'', (11th Edition) Cambridge University Press</ref>
===Dialogue with Trypho===
===Dialogue with Trypho===
Justin Martyr's [[Dialogue with Trypho]] can be sumarised as a debate between Justin Martyr and a [[Jew]] arguing that [[Christianity]] is the fulfillment of [[Judaism]].
Justin Martyr's [[Dialogue with Trypho]] can be sumarised as a debate between Justin Martyr and a [[Jew]] arguing that [[Christianity]] is the fulfillment of [[Judaism]].