Books about Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXVI

Lange Zeit hat man das iranische Reich der Sasaniden (3.-7. Jh.) nahezu ausschliealich als militarischen Gegenspieler von Romern und Byzantinern wahrgenommen. Der Tagungsband macht dagegen die Vielfalt der politischen, wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen Kontakte zwischen Ost und West in ihrer Zeit sowie der romischen Iran- und der iranischen Rombilder ebenso deutlich

Ammianus Marcellinus' Res Gestae holds a prominent position in modern studies of the emperor Julian as the fullest extant narrative of the reign of the last 'pagan' emperor. Ammianus' Julian: Narrative and Genre in the Res Gestae offers a major reinterpretation of the work, which is one of the main

This is the final volume in the series of commentaries on Ammianus' Res Gestae. Book 31 describes the Gothic invasion of 376 CE, the defeat of the Romans in the battle of Adrianople and the death of the emperor Valens.

This book focuses on conflict, diplomacy and religion as factors in the relationship between Rome and Sasanian Persia in the third and fourth centuries AD. During this period, military conflict between Rome and Sasanian Persia was at a level and depth not seen mostly during the Parthian period. At the