Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXVII / by J. den Boeft ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boeft, J. den (Jan), 1935-2019.

Series:

Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus 8.

Brill ebook titles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emperors--Rome--Biography--History and criticism.

Emperors.

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

Rome.

Ammianus Marcellinus. Rerum gestarum libri--Liber 27.

Ammianus Marcellinus.

Ammianus Marcellinus. Rerum gestarum libri--Liber 27--Criticism, Textual.

Valentinian I, Emperor of Rome, 321-375.

Valentinian.

Valens, Emperor of the East, approximately 328-378.

Valens.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Book 27 deals with events between 365 and 370. Military operations in the western and eastern half of the Empire take up a large part of the available space. Apart from military matters Ammianus deals with internal affairs. He discusses the terms of office of four Roman urban prefects and paints a picture of Petronius Probus, the mightiest civil official of the period. The most striking part of the book contains a portrait of the emperor Valentinian. This passage forms the centre of the book, which therefore has the structure of a triptych: of the two outer parts each contains military affairs in the West and the East and reports on some notable non-military events, whilst in the central panel Valentinian takes pride of place.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / J. Den Boeft , J. Drijvers , D. Den Hengst and H. Teitler

Commentary On Chapter 1 / J. Den Boeft , J. Drijvers , D. Den Hengst and H. Teitler

Commentary On Chapter 2 / J. Den Boeft , J. Drijvers , D. Den Hengst and H. Teitler

Commentary On Chapter 3 / J. Den Boeft , J. Drijvers , D. Den Hengst and H. Teitler

Commentary On Chapter 4 / J. Den Boeft , J. Drijvers , D. Den Hengst and H. Teitler

Commentary On Chapter 5 / J. Den Boeft , J. Drijvers , D. Den Hengst and H. Teitler

Commentary On Chapter 6 / J. Den Boeft , J. Drijvers , D. Den Hengst and H. Teitler

Commentary On Chapter 7 / J. Den Boeft , J. Drijvers , D. Den Hengst and H. Teitler

Commentary On Chapter 8 / J. Den Boeft , J. Drijvers , D. Den Hengst and H. Teitler

Commentary On Chapter 9 / J. Den Boeft , J. Drijvers , D. Den Hengst and H. Teitler

Commentary On Chapter 10 / J. Den Boeft , J. Drijvers , D. Den Hengst and H. Teitler

Commentary On Chapter 11 / J. Den Boeft , J. Drijvers , D. Den Hengst and H. Teitler

Commentary On Chapter 12 / J. Den Boeft , J. Drijvers , D. Den Hengst and H. Teitler

Bibliography / J. Den Boeft , J. Drijvers , D. Den Hengst and H. Teitler

Indices / J. Den Boeft , J. Drijvers , D. Den Hengst and H. Teitler.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-95146-7

90-04-18838-X

OCLC:

695988902

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004180376.i-350 DOI