The Later Roman Empire
(a.D. 354-378)
$26.41
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
1 September 1986
Summary
Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The Later Roman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years during Marcellinus’ own lifetime, covering the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, and Valens, and providing eyewitness accounts of significant military events including the Battle of Strasbourg and the Goth’s Revolt. Portraying a time of rapid and dramatic change, Marcellinus describes an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140444063 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140444068 |
| Author: | Ammianus Marcellinus, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 September 1986 |
| Weight: | 378g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 31mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Ammianus Marcellinus
Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, continuing the histories of Tacitus from AD 96 down to his own day. The first thirteen of his thirty-one books are lost- the remainder describe AD 354 - 378.
Walter Hamilton translated Plato’s Symposium, the Gorgias, Phaedrus and Letters VII and VIII for Penguin Classics.
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill is Professor of Classics at Reading University. His books include Suetonius- the Scholar and his Caesars.
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