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Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus. XXXI / by J. den Boeft, J.W. Drijvers, D. den Hengst, H.C. Teitler. - 1 online resource (362 pages) - Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus ; 12 . - Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus 12. Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004327986. .

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 3, 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Front Matter / Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 / Chapter 3 / Chapter 4 / Chapter 5 / Chapter 6 / Chapter 7 / Chapter 8 / Chapter 9 / Chapter 10 / Chapter 11 / Chapter 12 / Chapter 13 / Chapter 14 / Chapter 15 / Chapter 16 / Bibliography / Indices / Maps / J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler -- J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler.

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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.


Commentary in English, with the ancient Greek or Latin original texts.

ISBN: 9789004353824

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004353824 DOI

Subjects--Personal Names:
Ammianus Marcellinus. Rerum gestarum libri.

Subjects--Meeting Names:
Adrianople, Battle of (Edirne, Turkey : 378)

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Rerum gestarum libri (Ammianus Marcellinus)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
284-476

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Adrianople, Battle of, Edirne, Turkey, 378--Historiography.
Historiography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Rome--History--Historiography.--Empire, 284-476.
Rome (Empire)
Turkey--Edirne.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: PA6205 / .P478 2018eb

Dewey Class. No.: 937/.08