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Ammianus was born of a noble Greek family. Ammianus was born between 325 and 330 in the Greek-speaking East, possibly in Syria or Phoenicia.
( Ammianus Marcellinus, ca. 325ca. 395 CE, a Greek of A...)
Ammianus Marcellinus, ca. 325ca. 395 CE, 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 96378 CE, entitled Rerum Gestarum Libri XXXI. Of these 31 books only 1431 (353378 CE) 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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Ammianus Marcellinus, ca. 325ca. 395 CE, 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 96378 CE, entitled Rerum Gestarum Libri XXXI. Of these 31 books only 1431 (353378 CE) 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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Although little is known about the author, The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus is considered one of the most important ancient histories of the Roman Empire, especially because it covers the 1st-3rd centuries A.D. around the same period in history that Suetonius and Tacitus leave off at. As the preface explains: Of Ammianus Marcellinus, the writer of the following History, we know very little more than what can be collected from that portion of it which remains to us. From that source we learn that he was a native of Antioch, and a soldier; being one of the prefectores domesticithe body-guard of the emperor, into which none but men of noble birth were admitted. He was on the staff of Ursicinus, whom he attended in several of his expeditions; and he bore a share in the campaigns which Julian made against the Persians. After that time he never mentions himself, and we are ignorant when he quitted the service and retired to Rome, in which city he composed his History. We know not when he was born, or when he died, except that from one or two incidental passages in his work it is plain that he lived nearly to the end of the fourth century: and it is even uncertain whether he was a Christian or a Pagan; though the general belief is, that he adhered to the religion of the ancient Romans, without, however, permitting it to lead him even to speak disrespectfully of Christians or Christianity. His History, which he divided into thirty-one books (of which the first thirteen are lost, while the text of those which remain is in some places imperfect), began with the accession of Nerva, a.d. 96, where Tacitus and Suetonius end, and was continued to the death of Valens, a.d. 378, a period of 282 years. And there is probably no work as to the intrinsic value of which there is so little difference of opinion. Gibbon bears repeated testimony to his accuracy, fidelity, and impartiality, and quotes him extensively. In losing his aid after a.d. 378, he says, "It is not without sincere regret that I must now take leave of an accurate and faithful guide, who has composed the history of his own times without indulging the prejudices and passions which usually affect the mind of a contemporary." Professor Ramsay (in Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography) says, "We are indebted to him for a knowledge of many important facts not elsewhere recorded, and for much valuable insight into the modes of thought and the general tone of public feeling prevalent in his day. Nearly all the statements admitted appear to be founded upon his own observations, or upon the information derived from trustworthy eye-witnesses. A considerable number of dissertations and digressions are introduced, many of them highly interesting and valuable. Such are his notices of the institutions and manners of the Saracens (xiv. 4), of the Scythians and Sarmatians (xvii. 12), of the Huns and Alani (xxxi. 2), of the Egyptians and their country (xxii. 6, 1416), and his geographical discussions upon Gaul (xv. 9), the Pontus (xxii. 8), and Thrace (xxvii. 4). Less legitimate and less judicious are his geological speculations upon earthquakes (xvii. 7), his astronomical inquiries into eclipses (xx. 3), comets (xxv. 10), and the regulation of the calendar (xxvi. 1); his medical researches into the origin of epidemics (xix. 4); his zoological theory on the destruction of lions by mosquitos (xviii. 7), and his horticultural essay on the impregnation of palms (xxiv. 3).
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Ammianus was born of a noble Greek family. Ammianus was born between 325 and 330 in the Greek-speaking East, possibly in Syria or Phoenicia.
His native language was most likely Greek, he learned Latin as a second language, and was probably familiar with Syriac as well.
He served in the army of Constantius II in Gaul and Persia under the general Ursicinus, who was dismissed after he allowed the Persians to capture the city of Amida (now Diyarbakır, Tur. ) in 359.
Ammianus fought against the Persians under the emperor Julian and took part in the retreat of his successor, Jovian. Leaving the army at Antioch, he traveled to Egypt and Greece, eventually settling in Rome. There he wrote his history of the Roman Empire, in Latin, from the accession of Nerva to the death of Valens, beginning where Tacitus’s Historiae (Histories) ends.
Ammianus’s history, Rerum gestarum libri (“The Chronicles of Events”), consisted of 31 books, of which only the last 18, covering the years 353–378, survive. The first 13 books were already unavailable to scholars in the 6th century. (In light of the need for 18 books to cover 26 years, the first 13 must have been relatively sparse in their account of the period from 98 through 352. ) The surviving books give a clear, comprehensive account of events by a writer of soldierly qualities, independent judgment, and wide reading. Drawing upon his own experience, Ammianus supplies vivid pictures of the empire’s economic and social problems. His accounts are especially full and sympathetic toward his commanders, Ursicinus and Julian, and many readers have seen Julian as the hero of the work. Ammianus admired Julian as a man, a soldier, and a leader; yet, although they were both pagans, he criticized Julian’s religious policies. His judgment in political affairs was limited only by his own straightforward attitude. He used the regular techniques of later Roman historiography—rhetoric in his speeches, ethnographical digressions in descriptions, such as that of the culture of the Huns, and biographical conventions in character sketches along with fondness for literary allusion, overabundant metaphor, and much ornament. Although Ammianus was clearly influenced by Tacitus’s Historiae, Cicero is the Latin author he quotes and refers to most often.
Ammianus Marcellinus was a Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from Antiquity. His work, known as the Res Gestae, chronicled in Latin the history of Rome from the accession of the emperor Nerva in 96 to the death of Valens at the Battle of Adrianople in 378, although only the sections covering the period 353–378 survive.
(Although little is known about the author, The Roman Hist...)
(The fourth century soldier Ammianus Marcellinus book of ...)
(A Roman historian chronicles Rome on the brink of collaps...)
(This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)
(Includes all surviving books (14-31) of Ammianus Marcelli...)
( Ammianus Marcellinus, ca. 325ca. 395 CE, a Greek of A...)
( Ammianus Marcellinus, ca. 325ca. 395 CE, a Greek of A...)
( Ammianus Marcellinus, ca. 325ca. 395 CE, a Greek of A...)
