A.H.M. Jones, The Later Roman Empire (Oxford ) , holds the view that Ammianus was a great historian who composed a full and detailed narrative. 2 On Ammianus in general, see E. A. Thompson, The Historical Work of Ammianus Marcellinus (Cambridge ; repr. Required Texts (all also on reserve): Ammianus Marcellinus The Later Roman Empire St. Augustine Confessions Early Christian Lives Eusebius The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine Gregory of Tours A History of the Franks Procopius The Secret History. Peter Brown, The World of Late Antiquity AD Stephen Mitchell, A History of the Later Roman Empire, AD the. Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The Later Roman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years during Marcellinus' own lifetime, covering the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, and Valens, and providing eyewitness accounts of significant military events including the Battle of Strasbourg and the Goth's Cited by: 6.
Ammianus Marcellinus, (born c. , Antioch, Syria [now Antakya, Tur.]—died , Rome [Italy]), last major Roman historian, whose work continued the history of the later Roman Empire to Ammianus was born of a noble Greek family and served in the army of Constantius II in Gaul and Persia under the general Ursicinus, who was dismissed after he allowed the Persians to capture the city of. The Later Roman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years during Marcellinus' own lifetime, covering the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, and Valens, and providing eyewitness accounts of significant military events including the Battle of Strasbourg and the Goth's Revolt. Portraying a time of rapid and dramatic change. Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, continuing the histories of Tacitus from AD 96 down to his own day. The first thirteen of his thirty-one books are lost: the remainder describe AD - Walter Hamilton translated Plato's Symposium, the Gorgias, Phaedrus and Letters VII and VIII for Penguin Classics. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill is Professor of Classics at Reading University.
Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The Later Roman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years during. Ammianus Marcellinus, (born c. , Antioch, Syria [now Antakya, Tur.]—died , Rome [Italy]), last major Roman historian, whose work continued the history of the later Roman Empire to Ammianus was born of a noble Greek family and served in the army of Constantius II in Gaul and Persia under the general Ursicinus, who was dismissed after he allowed the Persians to capture the city of Amida (now Diyarbakır, Tur.) in The Later Roman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years during Marcellinus' own lifetime, covering the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, and Valens, and providing eyewitness accounts of significant military events including the Battle of Strasbourg and the Goth's Revolt. Portraying a time of rapid and dramatic.
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