Title(s):
- History
- Rerum gestarum libri XXXI(Rerum gestarum Libri XXXI, 31 books of deeds)
- Res gestae(Res gestae, Deeds)
Author:
Period covered:
96-378 (preserved 353-378)
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Partial
Genre:
- Secular history (classicizing history)
- Secular history (general)
Remarks:
The actual date by which the work was finished is uncertain. Within the bracket 390-397, a possible date is 392.
Edition - Translation:
- W. Seyfarth (1978) Ammiani Marcellini Rerum gestarum libri qui supersunt. Two Volumes. Berlin.
- J.C. Rolfe (1935-1939) Ammianus Marcellinus. Three Volumes (The Loeb Classical Library). Cambridge (MA)-London.
- D. den Hengst (2013) Ammianus Marcellinus: Julianus de laatste heidense keizer. De nadagen van een wereldrijk. Amsterdam.
- W. Seyfarth (1968-1971) Ammianus Marcellinus: Römische Geschichte. Four Volumes. Berlin.
- E. Galletier, J. Fontaine, G. Sabbah, L. Angliviel de la Beaumelle, M.-A. Marié (1968-1999) Ammien Marcellin: Histoire (Collection des Universités de France). Paris.
- A. Selem (1965) Le storie de Ammiano Marcellino (Classici latini). Turin.
- W. Hamilton (1986) Ammianus Marcellinus: The later Roman Empire (A.D. 354–378). London.
- O. Veh (1974) Ammianus Marcellinus: Das römische Weltreich vor dem Untergang. Munich, Zürich.
- H. Nisard (1860) Ammien Marcellin: Histoire de Rome. Paris.
- C. Castillo (2010) Amiano Marcelino: Historias. I: Libro XIV-XIX (Biblioteca clásica Gredos). Madrid.
Fragments:
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