LEADER 02206nam 2200349 450 001 996199210703316 005 20231103112102.0 010 $a0-674-99331-4 035 $a(CKB)3820000000012122 035 $a(NjHacI)993820000000012122 035 $a(EXLCZ)993820000000012122 100 $a20231103d1950 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHistory$hVolume I /$fAmmianus Marcellinus 210 1$aCambridge, MA :$cHarvard University Press,$d1950. 215 $a1 online resource (640 pages) 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aAmmianus (c. 325-c. 395 CE), a Greek from Antioch, served many years as an officer in the Roman army, then settled in Rome, where he wrote a Latin history of the Roman Empire. The portion that survives covers twenty-five years in the historian's own lifetime: the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, and Valens. Ammianus Marcellinus, ca. 325-ca. 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 96-378 CE, entitled Rerum Gestarum Libri XXXI. Of these 31 books only 14-31 (353-378 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. 606 $aAfrican American soldiers 615 0$aAfrican American soldiers. 676 $a355.330973 700 $aMarcellinus$b Ammianus$0647467 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996199210703316 996 $aHistory$93575939 997 $aUNISA