LEADER 03557nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910455533203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-02600-6 010 $a9786610026005 010 $a0-203-02489-3 010 $a0-203-17091-1 035 $a(CKB)111056485538956 035 $a(EBL)178178 035 $a(OCoLC)50675756 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000189539 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168154 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189539 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10157352 035 $a(PQKB)10415059 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC178178 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL178178 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10017030 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL2600 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485538956 100 $a19990202d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe late Roman world and its historian$b[electronic resource] $einterpreting Ammianus Marcellinus /$fedited by Jan Willem Drijvers and David Hunt 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (235 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-64233-7 311 $a0-415-20271-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 236-239) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Germans 327 $aPart 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; Index 330 $aAmmianus 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' 606 $aHistorians$zRome$vBiography 606 $aGreeks$zRome$vBiography 606 $aEmperors$zRome$xHistory 607 $aRome$xHistory$yEmpire, 284-476$xHistoriography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHistorians 615 0$aGreeks 615 0$aEmperors$xHistory. 676 $a937/.08/092 701 $aDrijvers$b Jan Willem$0637496 701 $aHunt$b David$g(Edward David),$f1947-$0905343 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455533203321 996 $aThe late Roman world and its historian$92024969 997 $aUNINA