TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boeft,J.den
TI  - Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXVIII
T2  - Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus
SN  - 9789004224025
AV  - PA6205 .P476 2011
U1  - 937.08 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Ammianus Marcellinus.
KW  - Rome
KW  - History
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Empire, 284-476
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-327) and indexes; Preliminary Material; J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler --; Commentary on Chapter 1; J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler --; Commentary on Chapter 2; J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler --; Commentary on Chapter 3; J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler --; Commentary on Chapter 4; J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler --; Commentary on Chapter 5; J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler --; Commentary on Chapter 6; J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler --; Bibliography; J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler --; Indices; J. den Boeft , J.W. Drijvers , D. den Hengst and H.C. Teitler; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004224025
ER  -