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Information: The last of the major historians of the western Roman Empire, Ammianus Marcellinus (~330-395) was a pagan Greek writing in Latin. A participant in Julian's unsuccessful invasion of Mesopotamia, he chronicled the course of Roman history from the accession
Ammianus Marcellinus Sites:
Ancient History Sourcebook: The Luxury of the Rich in Rome Ancient History Sourcebook: The Luxury of the Rich in Rome: An excerpt from the Roman History XIV.16, from the Davis translation, in which Ammianus criticizes Rome as shallow and culturally empty. (Ammianus Marcellinus) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/ammianus-history14.html
Forum Romanum: Ammianus Marcellinus Forum Romanum: Ammianus Marcellinus: Latin text of Res Gestae a Fine Corneli Taciti, as well as a list of related sites. (Ammianus Marcellinus) http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/ammianus_bio.html
The Battle of Adrianople The Battle of Adrianople: Excerpt from the Yonge 1862 translation (History, XXXI.12-14), on the Roman defeat. (Ammianus Marcellinus) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/378adrianople.html
Histos: Ammianus Marcellinus on the Geography of the Pontus Euxinus Histos: Ammianus Marcellinus on the Geography of the Pontus Euxinus: Paper by Jan Willem Drijvers of the University of Groningen considering Marcellinus' digression on the Black Sea in the Res Gestae as a literary rather than reference piece. (Ammianus Marcellinus) http://www.dur.ac.uk/Classics/histos/1998/drijvers.html
Additional
Information: The last of the major historians of the western Roman Empire, Ammianus Marcellinus (~330-395) was a pagan Greek writing in Latin. A participant in Julian's unsuccessful invasion of Mesopotamia, he chronicled the course of Roman history from the accession
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