Um bando de pastores e senhores o mundo: introdução, tradução e notas dos retratos dos romanos no Epítome das Histórias Filípicas de Pompeio Trogo

Abstract

The object of this study is Justin’s Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, by Justin, primarily the passages in which the Romans are portrayed. Little is known about the author and the dating of his writing vary from the 2nd to the 4th century CE. We did qualitative research based on bibliographic sources with two main objectives: to translate selected excerpts from Justin’s text as established by Marie-Pierre Arnaud-Lindet (JUSTINUS, 2003) and to propose reflections about the survival of the work and its reading, in the Brazilian context, mainly through intermediary sources, such as translations into other foreign languages. Our translation is based mainly on the propositions of Walter Benjamin (2008 [1923]) and Antoine Berman (2007 [1985]), while the discussions about other translations and uses of Justin’s text start from the notion of polysystem, according to Itamar Even-Zohar (2012 [1990]; 2013 [1979]). We conclude that the Epitome is already present in the Brazilian polysystem despite the fact that there is no extensive translation of the work into Brazilian Portuguese, while the Lusitanian one is difficult to access. Here, the translation is accompanied by an introduction, notes and an onomastic index, and we hope that these elements can contribute to the studies that employ Justin’s text as a source in different fields of knowledge.