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Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The Later Roman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years during Marcellinus'' own lifetime, covering the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, and Valens, and providing eyewitness accounts of significant military events including the Battle of Strasbourg and the Goth''s Revolt. Portraying a time of rapid and dramatic change, Marcellinus describes an Empire exhausted by excessive taxation, corruption, the financial ruin of the middle classes and the progressive decline in the morale of the army. In this magisterial depiction of the closing decades of the Roman Empire, we can see the seeds of events that were to lead to the fall of the city, just twenty years after Marcellinus'' death.

Table of Contents
The Later Roman EmpirePreface
Introduction
Further Reading
Family Tree of Constantine the Great
Introductory Note

The Later Roman Empire
Book 14
Book 15
Book 16
Book 17
Book 18
Book 19
Book 20
Book 21
Book 22
Book 23
Book 24
Book 25
Book 26
Book 27
Book 28
Book 29
Book 30
Book 31

Notes on the Text
Note on Officials and their Titles
Notes on PersonsDates of Emperors
Geographical key
Maps
General Map
Monuments of Rome
Map A: Gaul, Germany, and the Rhine
Map B: The Danube, Italy and Thrace
Map C: The East and Persia
Map D: Asia Minor

The Later Roman Empire

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 29 May 1986
      ISBN-13 9780140444063
      978-0140444063
      ISBN-10 0140444068
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      ELT & Literary Studies Ancient, classical and medieval texts History European history European history: medieval period, middle ages

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The Later Roman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years during Marcellinus'' own lifetime, covering the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, and Valens, and providing eyewitness accounts of significant military events including the Battle of Strasbourg and the Goth''s Revolt. Portraying a time of rapid and dramatic change, Marcellinus describes an Empire exhausted by excessive taxation, corruption, the financial ruin of the middle classes and the progressive decline in the morale of the army. In this magisterial depiction of the closing decades of the Roman Empire, we can see the seeds of events that were to lead to the fall of the city, just twenty years after Marcellinus'' death.

      Table of Contents
      The Later Roman EmpirePreface
      Introduction
      Further Reading
      Family Tree of Constantine the Great
      Introductory Note

      The Later Roman Empire
      Book 14
      Book 15
      Book 16
      Book 17
      Book 18
      Book 19
      Book 20
      Book 21
      Book 22
      Book 23
      Book 24
      Book 25
      Book 26
      Book 27
      Book 28
      Book 29
      Book 30
      Book 31

      Notes on the Text
      Note on Officials and their Titles
      Notes on PersonsDates of Emperors
      Geographical key
      Maps
      General Map
      Monuments of Rome
      Map A: Gaul, Germany, and the Rhine
      Map B: The Danube, Italy and Thrace
      Map C: The East and Persia
      Map D: Asia Minor

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