Author
Ammianus Marcellinus
330–395
Ammianus Marcellinus was a late Roman historian and soldier whose history is central to the fourth-century empire.
Ammianus served in the Roman army and wrote a continuation of Tacitus covering the fourth century, though only the later books survive. His narrative includes Constantius II, Julian, Persia, court politics, frontier war and the disaster of Adrianople.
He belongs in Classical for pages on late Rome, Julian, the Roman-Persian frontier, the Gothic crisis and imperial administration. His soldier’s perspective makes him one of the most valuable sources for the later empire.
Non Fiction
Non Fiction by Ammianus Marcellinus (1 book)
Reference works, biographies and other non-fiction are kept separate from the historical novels above.
