Ammianus and some Tribuni Scholarum Palatinarum c. A.D. 353-364
It is my intention here to draw together such information as Ammianus provides about the scholae in order to demonstrate how, in a number of cases in particular, it is possible to reconstruct an almost complete list of their commanders for the period c. 353-364.
Ammianus and the Elephants: Roman-Persian Siege Warfare in the Fourth Century
Ammianus Marcellinus provides the most enthralling account of military affairs available for the fourth century.
The fate of the Magister Equitum Marcellus
Ammianus provides a detailed account of the activities of Julian Caesar in Gaul in A.D. 357 as well as of the activity of a second force of troops which had been dispatched from the imperial court to Gaul under the command of the magister peditum Barbatio.
The Battle of Adrianople: A Reappraisal
The Battle of Adrianople (AD 378) is perhaps one of the most studied battles in history. It is seen as a major turning point in both the history of the Roman Empire and in the evolution of warfare.
Julian and The Decision to Fight: Strasbourg, 357
In the year 357, the armies of the Alamanni king Chnodomar crossed the Rhine and assembled just north of Strasbourg. Answering this challenge was the western empire
Ammianus Marcellinus And The Anger Of Julian
The purpose of this study then is to explore the way in which anger was used to strengthen and validate the portrait of Julian in the narrative history of Ammianus Marcellinus.
Popular and Imperial Response to Earthquakes in the Roman Empire
This thesis will survey ancient responses to earthquakes and examine the reasons for imperial relief.
Roman Senators and Absent Emperors in Late Antiquity
This article argues, however, that the senators of Rome continued to see themselves as important participants in imperial high politics throughout the period
Attire in Ammianus and Gregory of Tours
Ammianus (c. 330–c. 395) and Gregory of Tours (538–594) both wrote large-scale histories and, as a soldier and a bishop respectively, had first hand experience of many of the persons and events they wrote of. But they lived in very different worlds, the splendid Indian summer of the Roman Empire on the one hand, and the fragmented, perpetually feuding Germanic kingdoms of sixth century, sub-Roman, Merovingian Gaul on the other, where not only bodily coverings and adornments themselves changed but some attitudes towards them did too.