History / Ammianus Marcellinus ; with an English translation by J.C. Rolfe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ammianus Marcellinus, author.

Contributor:

Rolfe, John Carew, 1859-1943, translator.

Series:

Loeb classical library ; 300, 315, 331.

Loeb Classical Library ; 300, 315, 331

Standardized Title:

Rerum gestarum libri. English & Latin

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Rome--History--Empire, 284-476.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : line illustrations, map.

Other Title:

Digital Loeb.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

Ammianus (c. 325-c. 395 CE), a Greek from Antioch, served many years as an officer in the Roman army, then settled in Rome, where he wrote a Latin history of the Roman Empire. The portion that survives covers twenty-five years in the historian's own lifetime: the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, and Valens. Ammianus Marcellinus, ca. 325-ca. 395 CE, a Greek of Antioch, joined the army when still young and served under the governor Ursicinus and the emperor of the East Constantius II, and later under the emperor Julian, whom he admired and accompanied against the Alamanni and the Persians. He subsequently settled in Rome, where he wrote in Latin a history of the Roman empire in the period 96-378 CE, entitled Rerum Gestarum Libri XXXI. Of these 31 books only 14-31 (353-378 CE) survive, a remarkably accurate and impartial record of his own times. Soldier though he was, he includes economic and social affairs. He was broadminded towards non-Romans and towards Christianity. We get from him clear indications of causes of the fall of the Roman empire. His style indicates that his prose was intended for recitation. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Ammianus Marcellinus is in three volumes.

Contents:

v. I. Books 14-19

v. II. Books 20-26

v. III. Books 27-31. Excerpta Valesiana.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Ammianus Marcellinus. History.

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