Editing Justin (historian) (section)

==Life==
Almost nothing is known of Justin's personal history, his name appearing only in the title of his work. He must have lived after [[Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus]], whose work he excerpted, and his references to the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] and [[Parthian Empire|Parthians]] having divided the world between themselves would have been anachronistic after the rise of the [[Sasanian Empire|Sassanians]] in the third century. His [[Latin]] appears to be consistent with the style of the second century. [[Ronald Syme]], however, argues for a date around 390, immediately before the compilation of the [[Augustan History]], and dismisses anachronisms and the archaic style as unimportant, as he asserts that readers would have understood Justin's phrasing to represent Trogus' time, and not his own.{{sfnp|Syme|1988}}