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Ammianus Marcellinus and the Curia of Antioch
Classical Philology, 1953IN 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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Christians and Christianity in Ammianus Marcellinus
The Classical Quarterly, 1985Ammianus 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
2008Around 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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Some Pictures in Ammianus Marcellinus
The Art Bulletin, 1964Readers of Ammianus are struck by the pattern which certain scenes of greeting follow (21. 10, 1, etc.), in an author who tries so hard to avoid pattern and repetition: a personage approaches a city; the populace streams out to receive him with torches and flowers; troops and senators cluster around; there are shouts hailing his presence and virtues ...
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