The Later Roman Empire A.D. 354-378

by Marcellinus, Ammianus; Hamilton, Walter; Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew; Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780140444063
• ISBN10: 0140444068
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-08-05
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The Later Roman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years during Marcellinus' own lifetime, covering the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, and Valens, and providing eyewitness accounts of significant military events including the Battle of Strasbourg and the Goth's Revolt. Portraying a time of rapid and dramatic change, Marcellinus describes an Empire exhausted by excessive taxation, corruption, the financial ruin of the middle classes and the progressive decline in the morale of the army. In this magisterial depiction of the closing decades of the Roman Empire, we can see the seeds of events that were to lead to the fall of the city, just twenty years after Marcellinus' death.

Author Biography

Walter Hamilton (1908–1988) was master and honorary fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. His translations for Penguin Classics include Plato’s Phaedrus and Letters VII and VIII.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(13)
Introduction	13	(23)
Further Reading	36	(2)
Family Tree of Constantine the Great	38	(1)
Introductory Note	39	(2)
THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE
Book 14	41	(24)
Book 15	65	(23)
Book 16	88	(29)
Book 17	117	(26)
Book 18	143	(20)
Book 19	163	(22)
Book 20	185	(22)
Book 21	207	(27)
Book 22	234	(21)
Book 23	255	(11)
Book 24	266	(22)
Book 25	288	(25)
Book 26	313	(21)
Book 27	334	(16)
Book 28	350	(19)
Book 29	369	(18)
Book 30	387	(23)
Book 31	410	(35)
Notes on the Text	445	(31)
Note on Officials and their Titles	476	(2)
Notes on Persons	478	(10)
Dates of Emperors	488	(2)
Geographical Key Maps	490
General Map	498
Monuments of Rome	500
Map A: Gaul, Germany and the Rhine	501
Map B: The Danube, Italy and Thrace	502
Map C: The East and Persia	504
Map D: Asia Minor	506