Late Antique Historiography

History

Title(s):
  • History
Author:
Period covered:
Unknown
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (classicizing history)
  • Secular history (general)
  • Oration
Remarks:
The letter is usually taken to refer to Ammianus Marcellinus, but Fornara (1992) and Barnes (1998) challenge this consensus. If they are right, then we may be dealing with another historian or orator.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Libanius, Letter 1063
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • T.D. Barnes (1998) Ammianus Marcellinus and the representation of historical reality. Ithaca (NY.).
  • R. Foerster (1922) Libanii Opera. Volume Eleven: Epistulae 840-1544 (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana). Leipzig.
  • C. Fornara (1992) 'Studies in Ammianus Marcellinus I: The letter of Libanius and Ammianus' connection with Antioch'. Historia 41: 328-344.