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Ammianus Marcellinus and Three-Dimensional Rainbows

ΣΧΟΛΗ Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition
We examine Ammianus Marcellinus' scientific digression on the rainbow, where the rainbow colors are listed in an unusual order. We suggest an explanation for the order and conclude that, according to a scientific theory current at the time, the rainbow ...
Ilia Rushkin
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Ammianus Marcellinus on Imperial Successions as Times of Crisis

Illinois Classical Studies
:Imperial succession was always problematic in the Roman empire and was born with the empire itself. Therefore, succession was a potential threat to the political stability of the empire. This paper discusses a number of situations of imperial succession
J. Drijvers
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The Siege of Amida and Epic Tradition: Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 19.1-9

Mnemosyne, 2019
This paper examines Ammianus Marcellinus’ intertextual dialogue with epic tradition in his account of the Persian siege of Amida (Amm. Marc. 19.1-9).
Neil W. Bernstein
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Ammianus Marcellinus

Journal of Roman Studies, 1920
Ammianus Marcellinus has in this country long suffered undue and unfortunate neglect. No edition of him, so far as I know, has ever been produced in England. A translation executed between thirty and forty years ago by the late Professor C. D. Yonge, for Bohn's Classical Library, is, I think, not now readily accessible. Mr. Fisher, before he was called
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Ammianus Marcellinus’ Future Signs

Historia, 2019
Predicting the future is contentious. In the fourth century competing claimants tried to define who could consult the signs and interpret them. Ammianus' use of future signs in his history, especially in the Julianic books, responds to this contemporary debate.
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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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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

2023
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Ammianus Marcellinus

Abstract Ammianus Marcellinus, a Syrian Greek from Antioch, was the last great historian of the Roman Empire to write in Latin. He likely composed his history (the extant portion of which covers the years 353–78 ce) in Rome. After considering how Ammianus could be considered a universal historian, this chapter examines how he ...
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