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Ammianus Marcellinus

330 - 395

Ammianus Marcellinus

Ammianus Marcellinus, occasionally anglicized as Ammian (Greek: Αμμιανός Μαρκελλίνος; born c. 330, died c. 391 – 400), was a Greek and Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from antiquity (preceding Procopius). Written in Latin and known as the Res gestae, his work chronicled the history of Rome from the accession of Emperor Nerva in 96 to the death of Valens at the Battle of Adrianople in 378. Only the sections covering the period 353 to 378 survive. Read more on Wikipedia

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Ammianus Marcellinus was a fourth-century Roman historian who wrote a history of Rome from the death of Augustus in 14 AD to the death of Valens in 378 AD.

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Among people born in 330, Ammianus Marcellinus ranks 1. After him is Caesarius of Nazianzus. Among people deceased in 395, Ammianus Marcellinus ranks 2. Before him is Theodosius I. After him are Gregory of Nyssa, Ausonius, Rufinus, and Macarius of Alexandria.