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The Later Roman Empire: A.D. 354-378 Paperback - 1986

by Ammianus Marcellinus; Selected by Walter Hamilton; Walter Hamilton (Translator)


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A Roman historian chronicles Rome on the brink of collapse 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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  • Title The Later Roman Empire: A.D. 354-378
  • Author Ammianus Marcellinus; Selected by Walter Hamilton; Walter Hamilton (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 512
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Group, New York
  • Date 1986-08-05
  • Features Maps
  • ISBN 9780140444063 / 0140444068
  • Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.88 x 5.06 x 0.9 in (20.02 x 12.85 x 2.29 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Library of Congress subjects Rome - History - Empire, 284-476
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 86193724
  • Dewey Decimal Code 937.08

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Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, continuing the histories of Tacitus from AD 96 down to his own day. The first thirteen of his thirty-one books are lost: the remainder describe AD 354 - 378. Walter Hamilton translated Plato's Symposium, the Gorgias, Phaedrus and Letters VII and VIII for Penguin Classics. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill is Professor of Classics at Reading University. His books include Suetonius: the Scholar and his Caesars.
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