The late Roman world and its historian : interpreting Ammianus Marcellinus / edited by Jan Willem Drijvers and David Hunt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Drijvers, Jan Willem.

Hunt, David (Edward David), 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ammianus Marcellinus--Contributions in history of late Roman Empire.

Ammianus Marcellinus.

Historians--Rome--Biography.

Historians.

Greeks--Rome--Biography.

Greeks.

Emperors--Rome--History.

Emperors.

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

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 243 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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'

Contents:

Cover; The Late Roman World and Its Historian: Interpreting Ammianus Marcellinus; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I: Ammianus, Soldier and Historian; 2. Ammianus Marcellinus and Fourth-century Warfare; 3. Preparing the Reader for War; 4. The Persian Invasion of 359; 5. The Outsider Inside; 6. Ammianus and the Eunuchs; Part II: Images of Emperors; 7. Images of Constantius; 8. Telling Tales; 9. Ammianus on Jovian; 10. Nec Metu Nec Adulandi Foeditate Constricta; 11. Ammianus, Valentinian and the Rhine Germans

Part III: Rome, the Historian and his Audience12. Ammianus Satiricus; 13. A Persian at Rome; 14. Some Constantinian References in Ammianus; 15. Templum Mundi Totius; Part IV: The World Beyond, Persia and Isauria; 16. Ammianus Marcellinus' Image of Arsaces and Early Parthian History; 17. Pure Rites; 18. Visa Vel Lecta?; 19. Ammianus Marcellinus on Isauria; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-239) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-02600-6

9786610026005

0-203-02489-3

0-203-17091-1

9780203024898

OCLC:

50675756