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7. Ammianus Marcellinus

2004
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Ammianus Marcellinus and the Romans

Greece and Rome, 1942
When Julian reached the Gallic armies at Rheims in the summer of a.d. 356 and laid his plans with the commanders for the coming campaign, it is not likely that he gave much attention to Ammianus Marcellinus, a young staff officer who was present at the discussions. Yet most of our information about the Apostate and about the years on either side of his
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Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXVIII

2009
This is the final volume in the series of commentaries on Ammianus' Res Gestae . Book 31 describes the Gothic invasion of 376 CE, the defeat of the Romans in the battle of Adrianople and the death of the emperor Valens.
den Boeft, J., Drijvers, J.W., den Hengst, D., Teitler, H.C.   +3 more
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Authoritarianism, Autonomy and Ammianus Marcellinus

Ramus, 1989
According to Ammianus, it was envy of the exploits of Gratian and anxiety to equal them that drove Valens to engage the Goths at Adrianople in 378 before Gratian could arrive. The quality of the intelligence Valens received about the numbers of the Gothic forces was poor but he was inclined to believe it because it suited his wish.
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Ammianus Marcellinus 26.4.5–6

The Classical Quarterly, 1979
Hoc tempore velut per universum orbem Romanum, bellicum canentibus bucinis, excitae gentes saevissimae, limites sibi proximos persultabant. Gallias Raetiasque simul Alamanni poputabantur; Sarmatae Pannonias et Quadi; Picti Saxonesque et Scotci, et Attacotti Brittanos aerumnis vexavere continuis; Austoriani Mauricaeque aliae gentes, Africam solito ...
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AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS

2023
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Christians and Christianity in Ammianus Marcellinus

The Classical Quarterly, 1985
Ammianus Marcellinus, by common consent the last great historian of Rome, rounds off his obituary notice of the emperor Constantius II (d. 361) with the following observation:The plain simplicity of Christianity he obscured by an old woman's superstition; by intricate investigation instead of seriously trying to reconcile, he stirred up very many ...
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AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS’ JUDGEMENT OF JULIAN'S PIETY

2008
Around the spring equinox of 362, while he was residing at Constantinople, the emperor Julian wrote a theological treatise in honour of the Mother of the gods. The most remarkable term in Ammianus' verdict on Julian's religiosity is superstitiosus , which expresses deviation from the standards of correct religion. The critical surveys presented by the
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Ammianus Marcellinus and the Curia of Antioch

Classical Philology, 1953
IN A fairly recent study E. A. thompson analyzed Ammianus' methods and attitudes, observing that in all likelihood the historian was born into the hereditary order of curiales, or municipal senators, in his native city of Antioch, and that his few prejudices may perhaps be ascribed to this cause.' In fact, Thompson is inclined to accept Ensslin's ...
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Ammianus Marcellinus:

2022
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