Ammianus Marcellinus : : from soldier to author /

Ammianus Marcellinus : : from soldier to author / / Michael Hanaghan, David Woods.

"Ammianus Marcellinus composed a history of the Roman empire from 96 AD to 378 AD, focusing on the mid-fourth century during which he served in the army. His experience as a soldier during this period provides crucial realia of warfare, while his knowledge of literature, especially the genre of...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Historiography of Rome and its empire
VerfasserIn:
Hanaghan, Michael,
Woods, David,
TeilnehmendeR:
Woods, David,
Place / Publishing House:Boston : : BRILL,, 2022.
©2023.
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Historiography of Rome and its empire,
Physical Description:1 online resource (432 pages)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series
  • Preface
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Part 1 Ammianus' Text
  • 1 Why We Need a New Edition of Ammianus Marcellinus
  • Part 2 Ammianus' Military Experience
  • 2 Ammianus and the dignitas protectoris
  • 3 Simplicitas militaris: Ammianus Marcellinus and sermo castrensis
  • 4 Ammianus' Identification of Named Legions and Its Literary Significance
  • 5 Religionibus firmis iuramenta constricta? Ammianus and the sacramentum militiae
  • 6 Ammianus on Mallobaudes and Magnus Maximus: A Response to Theodosian Discourse?
  • Part 3 Ammianus' Literary Aims and Models
  • 7 The Face of Convention: Battle and Siege Description in Ammianus Marcellinus
  • 8 The Literary Function of Ammianus' Criticisms of Military luxuria
  • 9 Coturni terribilis fabula (Amm. Marc. 28.6.29): The Goddess of Justice and the Death of Theodosius the Elder
  • 10 Ille ut fax uel incensus malleolus: Ammianus and His Swift Narration of Julian's Balkan Itinerary in 361 CE
  • 11 The Depiction of the Common Soldier (miles) in Ammianus and Tacitus and the Intertextual Background of the Res gestae
  • 12 Xenophon and Ammianus: Two Soldier-Historians and Their Persian Expeditions
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Ancient Sources.

Similar Items