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Author : Ammianus Marcellinus
Release : 1902
Genre : Emperors
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Book Synopsis The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus by : Ammianus Marcellinus
Download or read book The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus written by Ammianus Marcellinus. This book was released on 1902. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Timothy David Barnes
Release : 1998
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Ammianus Marcellinus and the Representation of Historical Reality by : Timothy David Barnes
Download or read book Ammianus Marcellinus and the Representation of Historical Reality written by Timothy David Barnes. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book on Ammianus to place equal emphasis on the literary and historical aspects of his writing. Barnes assesses Ammianus' depiction of historical reality by simultaneously investigating both the historical accuracy and the literary qualities of the Res Gestae. He examines its structure and arrangement, emphasizes its Greek, pagan, and polemical features, and points out the extent to which Ammianus drew on his imagination in shaping the narrative.
Author : Ammianus Marcellinus
Release : 2017-02-13
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Book Synopsis The Roman History by : Ammianus Marcellinus
Download or read book The Roman History written by Ammianus Marcellinus. This book was released on 2017-02-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus; Translated by C. D. Yonge. Ammianus Marcellinus (325/330-after 391) was a fourth-century Roman soldier and historian. History during the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens. Of Ammianus Marcellinus, the writer of the following History, we know very little more than what can be collected from that portion of it which remains to us. From that source we learn that he was a native of Antioch, and a soldier; being one of the prefectores domestici-the body-guard of the emperor, into which none but men of noble birth were admitted. He was on the staff of Ursicinus, whom he attended in several of his expeditions; and he bore a share in the campaigns which Julian made against the Persians. After that time he never mentions himself, and we are ignorant when he quitted the service and retired to Rome, in which city he composed his History. We know not when he was born, or when he died, except that from one or two incidental passages in his work it is plain that he lived nearly to the end of the fourth century: and it is even uncertain whether he was a Christian or a Pagan; though the general belief is, that he adhered to the religion of the ancient Romans, without, however, permitting it to lead him even to speak disrespectfully of Christians or Christianity. His History, which he divided into thirty-one books (of which the first thirteen are lost, while the text of those which remain is in some places imperfect), began with the accession of Nerva, A.D. 96, where Tacitus and Suetonius end, and was continued to the death of Valens, A.D. 378, a period of 282 years.
Author : Gavin Kelly
Release : 2008-04-17
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Ammianus Marcellinus by : Gavin Kelly
Download or read book Ammianus Marcellinus written by Gavin Kelly. This book was released on 2008-04-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the work of Ammianus Marcellinus, who has often been underestimated as a writer while lauded as an historian. This book portrays him as a subtler writer and more manipulative and partial historian, using allusion to the classical past to insinuate different meanings.
Author : Jan Willem Drijvers
Release : 2003-09-02
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Late Roman World and Its Historian by : Jan Willem Drijvers
Download or read book The Late Roman World and Its Historian written by Jan Willem Drijvers. This book was released on 2003-09-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ammianus Marcellinus, Greek by birth but writing in Latin c. AD 390, was the last great Roman historian. His writings are an indispensable basis for our knowledge of the late Roman world. This book represents a collection of papers analysing Ammianus's writings from a variety of perspective, including Ammianus as historian of, and participant in, Julian's Persian campaign, his identification with traditional religious attitudes and values in Rome and his view of the Persian Magi. The contributors engage especially with the concept of self-identification. They address the tension of Ammianus' dual role as both 'outside' external narrator and at the same time and 'insider' to the contemporary experiences and events which make up his surviving history.
