03557nam 2200661 a 450 991045553320332120200520144314.01-280-02600-697866100260050-203-02489-30-203-17091-1(CKB)111056485538956(EBL)178178(OCoLC)50675756(SSID)ssj0000189539(PQKBManifestationID)11168154(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189539(PQKBWorkID)10157352(PQKB)10415059(MiAaPQ)EBC178178(Au-PeEL)EBL178178(CaPaEBR)ebr10017030(CaONFJC)MIL2600(EXLCZ)9911105648553895619990202d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe late Roman world and its historian[electronic resource] interpreting Ammianus Marcellinus /edited by Jan Willem Drijvers and David HuntLondon ;New York Routledge19991 online resource (235 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-64233-7 0-415-20271-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-239) and index.Cover; The Late Roman World and Its Historian: Interpreting Ammianus Marcellinus; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I: Ammianus, Soldier and Historian; 2. Ammianus Marcellinus and Fourth-century Warfare; 3. Preparing the Reader for War; 4. The Persian Invasion of 359; 5. The Outsider Inside; 6. Ammianus and the Eunuchs; Part II: Images of Emperors; 7. Images of Constantius; 8. Telling Tales; 9. Ammianus on Jovian; 10. Nec Metu Nec Adulandi Foeditate Constricta; 11. Ammianus, Valentinian and the Rhine GermansPart III: Rome, the Historian and his Audience12. Ammianus Satiricus; 13. A Persian at Rome; 14. Some Constantinian References in Ammianus; 15. Templum Mundi Totius; Part IV: The World Beyond, Persia and Isauria; 16. Ammianus Marcellinus' Image of Arsaces and Early Parthian History; 17. Pure Rites; 18. Visa Vel Lecta?; 19. Ammianus Marcellinus on Isauria; Select Bibliography; IndexAmmianus Marcellinus, Greek by birth but writing in Latin c. AD 390, was the last great Roman historian. His writings are an indispensable basis for our knowledge of the late Roman world. This book represents a collection of papers analysing Ammianus's writings from a variety of perspective, including Ammianus as historian of, and participant in, Julian's Persian campaign, his identification with traditional religious attitudes and values in Rome and his view of the Persian Magi. The contributors engage especially with the concept of self-identification. They address the tension of Ammianus' HistoriansRomeBiographyGreeksRomeBiographyEmperorsRomeHistoryRomeHistoryEmpire, 284-476HistoriographyElectronic books.HistoriansGreeksEmperorsHistory.937/.08/092Drijvers Jan Willem637496Hunt David(Edward David),1947-905343MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455533203321The late Roman world and its historian2024969UNINA