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Ammianus Marcellinus, occasionally anglicised as Ammian (Greek: Αμμιανός Μαρκελλίνος; born c. 330, died c. 391 – 400), was a Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from antiquity (preceding Procopius).
Ammianus Marcellinus (born c. 330, Antioch, Syria [now Antakya, Tur.]—died 395, Rome [Italy]) was the last major Roman historian, whose work continued the history of the later Roman Empire to 378.
Ammianus Marcellinus (ca. AD 325–ca. 395), 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.
Ammianus wrote for Roman readers, and in particular for the leading literary circle of the Eternal City, of which Symmachus was a prominent member. It was for that reason, and not merely because he was continuing the narrative of Tacitus, that he wrote in Latin and not in his native language.
1 Against Magnentius, who in 350 had assumed the rank of an Augustus in the west, with Veteranio; but was defeated, in 351, by Constantius at Mursa, on the river Drave, a tributary of the Danube and in the passes of the Cottian Alps in 353. His followers then abandoned him and he committed suicide.
Sep 29, 2015 · Ammianus Marcellinus (b. c . 330—d. after 390) was a native Greek speaker who served in the Roman army and in about 390 completed the Res gestae, a Latin history in thirty-one books from Nerva to Valens (the years 96 to 378 CE ).
May 18, 2018 · Ammianus Marcellinus (ămēā´nəs märsĬlī´nəs), c.330–c.400, Roman historian, b. Antioch. After retiring from a successful military career, he wrote a history of the Roman Empire [1] as a sequel to that of Tacitus, his model.
4 days ago · Overview. Ammianus Marcellinus. (c. 330—395) Quick Reference. [Na] One of the last great Roman historians. Originally from Antioch, born c .ad 330, he served in the army and settled in Rome c .ad 378. His History, written in Latin for a Roman audience, spanned the years ad 96 to 378.
Nov 28, 2010 · The extant books of Ammianus Marcellinus' Res Gestae cover the deeds of emperors and high officials in the quarter-century between 353 and 378 CE. The work is adorned with all the apparatus of classical historiography: prefaces, digressions, set speeches, battles and sieges, treason trials, and natural disasters.
We primarily understand Ammianus Marcellinus through his own accounts. Born around 330 AD in Antioch, Syria, into a respected Greek family, he likely received his initial education there. At the time, Antioch was a major Roman Empire city, celebrated for its wealth, which Ammianus took pride in.
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