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How charming are ancient/medieval amateur historians? So incredibly charming. The more 'standard' historians (e.g., Thucydides, Livy, Appian, Rufus, Plutarch, Xenophon, Procopius, Sallust, et al.) are also quite good, of course, yet I can't help but infinitely prefer the wacky and digressive ones, D Leggi tutto
This is a great book that begins about 20 years after the death of Constantine the Great in 337 AD and describes the tribulations of his children. Now Ammianus is not Tacitus or Livy in terms of writing style, but he had an advantage over many of these ancient historians; namely, he lived and partic Leggi tutto
I decided to read Ammianus because I understood he was a self-conscious successor to Tacitus, whose work is probably my favorite of the contemporaneous Roman histories. Then I realized that his history would probably seem very familiar to me, having already read Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall' and Heath Leggi tutto
Some absolutely hilarious entries, particularly Book 28, Chapter 4 on the vices of Roman Society. A wonderful chronicle of the later Roman Empire, with scathing reviews of all Emperors and generals throughout.
Ammianus Marcellinus wrote his The Later Roman Empire: A.D. 354-378 in that grey period between the reigns of Constantine and Justinian. He was a soldier who fought in the legions with the Emperor Julian in both Gaul and Persia. He was not born to be a writer like Livy and Tacitus, but he managed to Leggi tutto
Very interesting and especially a high literary level. This is a mix of Herodotus and Thucydides. As a work of history it's more professional than Livy. Striking are the moralizing reflections that testify to a great experience, human knowledge and wisdom.
The greatest of the Roman historians. This dude describes some stuff that's absolutely insane and Roman history literally jumps off the pages. Ammianus Marcellinus is awesome.
One of the unsung heroes of Roman history, Ammians Marcellinus provides us with invaluable insight and information regarding the last years of the Roman Empire.
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