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.
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Ammianus Marcellinus is usually studied as the mature author who completed the Res Gestae in the mid-390s, whose reporting on political and military affairs is subjected to all the usual tests for historical accuracy and literary influences. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Ammianus Marcellinus, Amm Marc, Rough Cilicia, Aurelius Victor, John Matthews, The Roman Empire of Ammianus, Julian's Persian, Ammianus Alarcellinus, Alexander the Great, Apex Omnium, Caesar Gallus, Collection Latomus, Grand Chamberlain, John of Antioch, New York, Satires of Juvenal, Asia Minor, Circus Maximus, Codex Theodosianus, Historia Einzelschriften, Magnus Maximus, Rushcutters Bay, Seleucus Nicator, Western Aristocracies, Ann Arbor New!
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Ammianus Marcellinus is usually studied as the mature author who completed the Res Gestae in the mid-390s, whose reporting on political and military affairs is subjected to all the usual tests for historical accuracy and literary influences. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Ammianus Marcellinus, Amm Marc, Rough Cilicia, Aurelius Victor, John Matthews, The Roman Empire of Ammianus, Julian's Persian, Ammianus Alarcellinus, Alexander the Great, Apex Omnium, Caesar Gallus, Collection Latomus, Grand Chamberlain, John of Antioch, New York, Satires of Juvenal, Asia Minor, Circus Maximus, Codex Theodosianus, Historia Einzelschriften, Magnus Maximus, Rushcutters Bay, Seleucus Nicator, Western Aristocracies, Ann Arbor New!
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- The Roman Empire of Ammianus by Professor John Frederick Matthews on 9 pages
- Ammianus Marcellinus: Roman History, Volume I, Books 14-19 (Loeb Classical Library No. 300) (English and Latin Edition) by Ammianus Marcellinus on 5 pages
- Cognitio Gestorum by J. Den Boeft on page 125, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Past Perspectives: Studies in Greek and Roman Historical Writing by I. S. Moxon on page 189, page 204, and Back Matter
- Life of Constantine (Clarendon Ancient History Series) by Eusebius on page 167, and page 175
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