1. Ammianus Marcellinus

    4th-century Roman historian and soldier

    Ammianus Marcellinus, occasionally anglicized as Ammian, was a Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from antiquity. Written in Latin and known as the Res gestae, his work chronicled the history of Rome from the accession of Emperor Nerva in 96 to the death of Valens at the Battle of Adrianople in 378. Only the sections covering the period 353 to 378 survive. Wikipedia

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    Ammianus Marcellinus, occasionally anglicized as Ammian [1] [2] (Greek: Αμμιανός Μαρκελλίνος; born c. 330, died c. 391 - 400), was a Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from antiquity (preceding Procopius).Written in Latin and known as the Res gestae, his work chronicled the history of Rome from the accession of Emperor ...
  3. Jan 26, 2025Ammianus Marcellinus: A Syrian in the Roman Army. Ammianus Marcellinus was born around 330 in Syria, specifically in Antioch. The son of an aristocrat, he pursued a military career as a protector domesticus, a member of the prestigious personal guard of the emperors and high dignitaries of the Empire (Emperor Jovian, for example, emerged directly from this guard at the time of his acclamation ...
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  5. britannica.com

    Jan 1, 2025Ammianus Marcellinus (born c. 330, Antioch, Syria [now Antakya, Tur.]—died 395, Rome [Italy]) was the last major Roman historian, whose work continued the history of the later Roman Empire to 378.. Ammianus was born of a noble Greek family and served in the army of Constantius II in Gaul and Persia under the general Ursicinus, who was dismissed after he allowed the Persians to capture the ...
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  6. romanempiretimes.com

    Jun 26, 2024Ammianus Marcellinus, Book XIV, 6.3. The faults of the Roman Senate and People. Ammianus Marcellinus' work. Around 385, Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus wrote "Res Gestae Libri XXI," the last major surviving historical account of the late Roman Empire. His work detailed the history of Rome from 96 to 378, though only the sections covering ...
  7. oxfordbibliographies.com

    Introduction. Ammianus Marcellinus (b. c. 330—d. after 390) was a native Greek speaker who served in the Roman army and in about 390 completed the Res gestae, a Latin history in thirty-one books from Nerva to Valens (the years 96 to 378 CE).The eighteen surviving books cover his own times, from 353 to 378, and fall naturally into three "hexads" or groups of six books.
  8. historyofinformation.com

    The first English translations were by Philemon Holland in 1609, and later by C.D. Yonge in 1862" (Wikipedia article on Ammianus Marcellinus, accessed 12-29-2013). The editio princeps of Ammianus Marcellinus, Historia, ... Timeline Themes. Book History before 450 CE.
  9. Oct 4, 2023The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus [for the years 353 to 378], translated from Latin by C. D. Yonge (London, 1902), in 659 bookmarked and searchable pdf pages. Loeb Classical Library volume L300. This surviving part (Books 14-19) of the historian's longer work describes the reigns of 4th-century emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens.
  10. loebclassics.com

    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 ...
  11. imperiumromanum.pl

    Ammianus Marcellinus was born around 330 CE in Antioch, the capital of Syria. He was a historian and Roman commander of Greek origin. He took part in the battles against the Persians, Alemans and Goths.He is said to be the last great historian of antiquity and Rome.. Ammianus was very proud of his city (Antioch), "a city known to all the world, and without a rival, so rich is it in imported ...
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