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# Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus (Epitoma historiarum Philippicarum Pompei Trogi)

Semiramis' war on the Indians (1.2.9); Alexander in India — Cleophis, Aornus, Porus, the Acesines, the Ocean (12.7.4–12.10.7); India's satrapies after Alexander (13.4.19–21); Sandrocottus frees India from the Macedonian prefects and treats with Seleucus (15.4.12–21); Demetrius 'king of the Indians' and Eucratides (41.6.4–5); prologues 12, 15, 41 (Apollodotus and Menander).

- **Language:** Latin
- **Date:** 200–390 CE
- **Author:** [M. Iunianus Iustinus](https://indike.org/pramana/person/justin-epitomator)
- **Extent:** 2,013 words
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

## Translations (2)

- [Justin, Cornelius Nepos, and Eutropius](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.justin~en-watson) — English, not yet digitised
- [The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great (Justin XII.7–10)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.justin~en-mccrindle) — English

## Based on

- [Historiae Philippicae](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pompeius-trogus)

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