Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780674993310
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9780674993488
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9780674993655
Series Statement:
Loeb Classical Library 300
Uniform Title:
Rerum gestarum libri
Content:
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
Content:
v. I. Books 14-19 -- v. II. Books 20-26 -- v. III. Books 27-31. Excerpta Valesiana
Note:
Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674993310(v.1)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674993488(v.2)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674993655(v.3)
Additional Edition:
Print version Ammianus Marcellinus History Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press, 1950
Language:
English
Author information:
Rolfe, John Carew 1859-1943
Author information:
Ammianus Marcellinus 330-395
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