Ammianus Marcellinus
4th-century Roman historian and soldier
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Ammianus Marcellinus was a Roman soldier and historian of the 4th century who wrote one of the last major historical accounts of the Roman Empire. His detailed writings are important today because they provide rare firsthand testimony to major events of his era, including military campaigns and the lives of emperors during a critical period of Roman decline.
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- Born
- 330 ca.
- Died
- 400 ca.
- Works
- 73
Top works
- Rerum gestarum libri xviii
- Römische geschichte
- Ammien Marcellin, Jornandès, Frontin (Les stratagèmes), Végèce, Modestus, avec la traduction en français
- Ammianvs Marcllinvs a Mariangelo Accvrsio mendis quinque millibus purgatus, & libris quinque auctus ultimis, nunc primum ab eodem inuentis
- Ammiani Marcellini Rerum gestarum libri qui supersunt. Recensuit notisque selectis instruxit V. Gardthausen ...
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Article
Ammianus Marcellinus, occasionally anglicized as Ammian (Greek: Αμμιανός Μαρκελλίνος; born c. 330, died c. 391 – 400), was a Greek and 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 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.
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