The late Roman world and its historian : interpreting Ammianus Marcellinus

Ammianus 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' dual role as both 'outside' external narrator and at the same time and 'insider' to the contemporary experiences and events which make up his surviving history.

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Jan Willem Drijvers, David Hunt

The Late Roman World and Its Historian: Interpreting Ammianus Marcellinus	p. i
Notes on Contributors	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. x
Abbreviations	p. xi
1 Introduction	p. 1
Part I Ammianus, Soldier and Historian	p. 15
2 A Protector's Approach to Historical Narrative	p. 17
3 Ammianus' Digression on Siege Engines	p. 29
4 Presentation by Suppression in Ammianus Marcellinus' Res Gestae 18.4.1-18.6.7	p. 40
5 Ammianus on the Rebellion of Silvanus	p. 51
6 Ammianus and the Eunuchs	p. 64
Part II Images of Emperors	p. 75
7 Images of Constantius	p. 77
8 Ammianus' Narrative of the Persian Expedition of Julian	p. 89
9 History and Literature	p. 105
10 The Image of Valentinian I from Symmachus to Ammianus	p. 117
11 Ammianus, Valentinian and the Rhine Germans	p. 127
Part III Rome, the Historian and His Audience	p. 139
12 Ammianus Satiricus	p. 141
13 Ammianus and Eunapius, Frg. 68	p. 156
14 Some Constantinian References in Ammianus	p. 166
15 Ammianus and a Religious Ideal of Rome	p. 178
Part IV The World Beyond, Persia and Isauria	p. 191
16 Ammianus Marcellinus' Image of Arsaces and Early Parthian History	p. 193
17 Ammianus Marcellinus on the Magi	p. 207
18 Ammianus on Persia and the Persians	p. 216
19 Ammianus Marcellinus on Isauria	p. 224
Select Bibliography	p. 236
Index	p. 241

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