9780674993488: Ammianus Marcellinus
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ISBN 10 : 0674993489 ISBN 13 : 9780674993488
Editeur : Harvard University Press, 1940

Synopsis

A soldier’s chronicle of Rome in decline.

Ammianus Marcellinus (ca. AD 325–ca. 395), 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 AD 96–378, entitled Rerum Gestarum Libri XXXI. Of these 31 books only 14–31 (AD 353–378) 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.

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À propos de l'auteur

John Carew Rolfe (1859-1943) taught at Cornell, Harvard, and the Universities of Michigan and Pennsylvania.

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Éditeur
Harvard University Press
Date d'édition
1940
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0674993489
ISBN 13 
9780674993488
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
704
Coordonnées du fabricant
MORGAN WALLEN
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