Ammianus Marcellinus, who lived from ca. A.D. 330 until ca. A.D. 395, was the last true Roman historian. His Res gestae (History) was intended to be a continuation of the historian Cornelius Tacitus, whose own History had ended with the reign of...

Barnes, Timothy D. Ammianus Marcellinus and the Representation of Historical Reality Ithaca: Cornell University Press 290 pp., $45.00, ISBN 0-8014-3526-9 Publication Date: September 1998 Timothy D. Barnes, a professor of classics at the University of Toronto, has written a very thorough study...

9789004163461 Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXVI. Ed. by J. den Boeft et al. BRILL 2008 356 pages $156.00 Hardcover PA6205 Having commented on earlier sections of Ammianus' history of Rome, Den...

In the following essay, Hunt discusses Ammianus's attitudes toward Christianity and Christians.

In the following excerpt, Barnes explores how reliable Ammianus is as an historian and discusses the divergent critical evaluations of his work.

In the following excerpt, Austin considers Ammianus's understanding of military intelligence.