In his memoirs, Rome's first emperor, Augustus, can proudly recount how during his reign at the beginning of our era, he sought contact with the peoples of the north, at the edge of the world. One hundred and fifty years ...

I sina memoarer kan Roms förste kejsare, Augustus, stolt berätta om hur han under sin regeringstid i början av vår tideräkning sökt kontakt med folken i som bor i norr, vid kanten av världens slut. Hundrafemtio år senare ...

Remarks, with short bibliographical notes, on around 30 passages in three treatises by Philo; in a loose form, these three can be regarded as a unity.