Ammianus Marcellinus
Autore di The Later Roman Empire: A.D. 354-378 (Penguin Classics)
Sull'Autore
Opere di Ammianus Marcellinus
Ammianus Marcellinus: Roman History, Volume I, Books 14-19 (Loeb Classical Library No. 300) (English and Latin Edition) (1935) 105 copie
Ammianus Marcellinus: Roman History, Volume II, Books 20-26 (Loeb Classical Library No. 315) (English and Latin… (1940) 101 copie
Ammianus Marcellinus: Roman History, Volume III, Books 27-31. Excerpta Valesiana (Loeb Classical Library No. 331)… (1939) 95 copie
Rerum Gestarum (English) 12 copie
With An English Translation 10 copie
Rerum Gestarum (Latin) 9 copie
Ammianus Marcellinus: A selection, with introduction, notes, and commentary (Latin Edition) (1980) 7 copie
Ammiani Marcellini: Rerum gestarum libri qui supersunt. Vol. I Libri XIV-XXV (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et… (1999) 3 copie
Ammiani Marcellini Rerum gestarum libri qui supersunt. Vol. II Libri XXVI-XXXI (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et… (1999) 3 copie
Istorie 2 copie
Soumrak římské říše 1 copia
Ammiani Marcellini quae supersunt — Autore — 1 copia
Nowele Rzymskie — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Marcellinus, Ammianus
- Data di nascita
- 325 - 330 CE
- Data di morte
- after 391 CE
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Rome
Greece (ethnicity) - Luogo di nascita
- Antioch, Syria
- Attività lavorative
- historian
writer
soldier
politician
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 46
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 1,086
- Popolarità
- #23,654
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 10
- ISBN
- 41
- Lingue
- 6
- Preferito da
- 4
The only unfortunate part about this book is that the editor deemed necessary to omit a large number of sections from the original manuscript. Although these sections may appear, at a superficial glance, trivial from a historical perspective (like Ammianus' opinions of what causes earthquakes), to me these kind of passages have greater value than descriptions of battles. One can find description of battles or other main events in any contemporary summary of history. But it is only by reading these ancient texts that we find out how people thought, how they spoke, their habits and culture. And sometimes, it is the off the cuff remark that reveals some surprising facts. For example, in describing Julian's campaign against the Persians he mentions of a town that was deserted "by its Jewish inhabitants because of its low walls." This town was close to today's Basrah in southern Iraq, close to the beginning (or end) of the Persian Gulf. To me this was unexpected as I never thought that Jewish people lived in their own towns so far away from Jerusalem.… (altro)