Ammianus Marcellinus
330 CE – 395 CE · aged 65
4th-century Roman historian and soldier
- Born
- 330 CE · Antioch
- Died
- 395 CE · Rome
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- 330 CEBornBorn in Antioch
- 395 CEDiedDied in Rome
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- 395 CE – 1453Byzantine Empire
- 395 CE – 476 CEWestern Roman Empire
Biography
Ammianus Marcellinus, occasionally anglicized as Ammian (Ἀμμιανὸς Μαρκελλῖνος; c. 330 – c. 391 – 400), was a Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from antiquity (preceding Procopius). Written in Latin and known as the Res gestae, his work chronicled the history of Rome from the accession of Emperor Nerva in 96 to the death of Valens at the Battle of Adrianople in 378. Only the sections covering the period 353 to 378 survive.
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