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Book The Clausula in Ammianus Marcellinus

Download or read book The Clausula in Ammianus Marcellinus written by Austin Morris Harmon and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ammianus Marcellinus and the Representation of Historical Reality

Download or read book Ammianus Marcellinus and the Representation of Historical Reality written by Timothy David Barnes and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book on Ammianus to place equal emphasis on the literary and historical aspects of his writing. Barnes assesses Ammianus' depiction of historical reality by simultaneously investigating both the historical accuracy and the literary qualities of the Res Gestae. He examines its structure and arrangement, emphasizes its Greek, pagan, and polemical features, and points out the extent to which Ammianus drew on his imagination in shaping the narrative.

Book Ammianus Marcellinus

Download or read book Ammianus Marcellinus written by Fred C. Jenkins and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-11-14 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Ammianus Marcellinus: An Annotated Bibliography, 1474 to the Present, Fred W. Jenkins surveys scholarship on Ammianus from the editio princeps to the present. Included are bibliographies, editions, translations, commentaries, concordances and indexes, Web sites, and secondary scholarship in many languages.

Book Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus

Download or read book Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus written by J. Den Boeft and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing the series of philological and historical commentaries on Ammianus' "Res Gestae" this volume deals with Book 26, in which the beginning of the reign of Valentinian and Valens is described and the rise and fall of the usurper Procopius.

Book Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXXI

Download or read book Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXXI written by Jan den Boeft and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the final volume in the series of commentaries on Ammianus' Res Gestae. The last book of Ammianus Marcellinus’ Res Gestae is the most important source for a momentous event in European history: the invasion of the Goths across the Danube border into the Roman Empire and the ensuing battle of Adrianople (378 CE), in which a Roman army was annihilated and the emperor Valens lost his life. Many contemporaries were of the opinion that this defeat heralded the decline of the Empire. Ammianus is sharply critical of the way Valens and his generals handled the military situation, but holds on to his belief in the permanence of Roma Aeterna, reminding his readers of earlier crises from which the Empire had recovered and pointing to the incompetence of the barbarians in siege craft.

Book Ammianus Marcellinus

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gavin Kelly
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2008-04-17
  • ISBN : 0521842999
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book Ammianus Marcellinus written by Gavin Kelly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the work of Ammianus Marcellinus, who has often been underestimated as a writer while lauded as an historian. This book portrays him as a subtler writer and more manipulative and partial historian, using allusion to the classical past to insinuate different meanings.

Book Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXIX

Download or read book Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXIX written by Jan den Boeft and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-11-25 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 29 opens with the judicial terror in Antioch following the discovery of a plot against the emperor in the East, Valens, who played an active role in hunting down and executing the culprits. The account of these internal troubles is balanced by two long chapters at the end of the book dealing with warfare in Africa and Central Europe. The general Theodosius mercilessly crushed the revolt of the Moorish prince Firmus, while the emperor in the West, Valentinian, had to deal with violent invasions of the Quadi and the Sarmatians. The two central chapters are devoted to different aspects of Valentinian’s character, his cruelty on the one hand, his diligence in reinforcing the border defenses on the other.

Book Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXVIII

Download or read book Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXVIII written by Jan den Boeft and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-11-25 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Book 28 Ammianus describes the military activity of Valentinian on the Rhine. The historian speaks with admiration about his efforts to strengthen the northwestern border of the empire. He shows a similar esteem for the general Theodosius, who re-established order in Britain. However, in the greater part of Book 28 there is an air of gloom. Ammianus writes reluctantly about the judicial terror inflicted on the Roman aristocracy by powerful magistrates. In his digression about Roman manners he speaks with contempt about the senatorial elite and the Roman plebs, because they fail to live up to the standards of their ancestors. The final chapter illustrates the disastrous effects of the mismanagement of the province of Tripolis by corrupt officials.

Book Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus

Download or read book Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus written by Pieter de Jonge and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ammianus Marcellinus From Soldier to Author

Download or read book Ammianus Marcellinus From Soldier to Author written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-11-28 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ammianus Marcellinus was a soldier and an author. This book explores how his experience of 4th-century military life affected his writing of history and conversely how his knowledge of literature influenced his writing about the Roman army.

Book Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXVIII

Download or read book Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXVIII written by Jan Willem Drijvers and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-11-25 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing the series of philological and historical commentaries on Ammianus' Res Gestae this volume deals with Book 28, which is devoted primarily to the deplorable events in Rome during the reign of Valentinian and his defense of the Rhine frontier.

Book The Text Tradition of Ammianus Marcellinus

Download or read book The Text Tradition of Ammianus Marcellinus written by Charles Upson Clark and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Clausulae in the De Civitate Dei of St  Augustine

Download or read book The Clausulae in the De Civitate Dei of St Augustine written by Graham Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ammianus Marcellinus 23

Download or read book Ammianus Marcellinus 23 written by J. den Boeft and published by Brill. This book was released on 1998 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing the series of philological and historical commentaries on Ammianus' "Res Gestae" this volume deals with Book 29, which is devoted to the judicial terror in Antioch under Valens and the warfare in Africa and Central Europe under Theodosius and Valentinian respectively.

Book Theory and Description in Latin Linguistics

Download or read book Theory and Description in Latin Linguistics written by M. Bolkestein and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions by R. Amacker, C. Bodelot, P. Carvalho, W. Dressler, G. Haverlin, R. Maltby

Book Emperors and Historiography

Download or read book Emperors and Historiography written by Danie ̈l den Hengst and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains scholarly articles by professor Dani l den Hengst, in which structural and intertextual aspects of Roman historiographical texts are studied. Special attention is given to the "Historia Augusta" and Ammianus Marcellinus' "Res Gestae," but also relevant texts by Cicero, Livy, Quintilian and Suetonius are discussed.

Book The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature

Download or read book The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature written by Roy Gibson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature offers a critical overview of work on Latin literature. Where are we? How did we get here? Where to next? Fifteen commissioned chapters, along with an extensive introduction and Mary Beard's postscript, approach these questions from a range of angles. They aim not to codify the field, but to give snapshots of the discipline from different perspectives, and to offer provocations for future development. The Critical Guide aims to stimulate reflection on how we engage with Latin literature. Texts, tools and territories are the three areas of focus. The Guide situates the study of classical Latin literature within its global context from late antiquity to Neo-Latin, moving away from an exclusive focus on the pre-200 CE corpus. It recalibrates links with adjoining disciplines (history, philosophy, material culture, linguistics, political thought, Greek), and takes a fresh look at key tools (editing, reception, intertextuality, theory).