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John Matthews is John M. Schiff Professor of History and Classics at Yale University. He has written extensively on later Roman history, and he received the American Historical Association's James Henry Breasted Prize for The Journey of Theophanes: Travel, Business, and Daily Life in the Roman East. His other works include Western Aristocracies and Imperial Court, AD 364-425; Political Life and Culture in Late Roman Society; Laying Down the Law: A Study of the Theodosian Code.
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- PublisherDuckworth Publishing
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0715622463
- ISBN 13 9780715622469
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages608
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Roman Empire of Ammianus Marcellinus
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The Roman Empire of Ammanius
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The Roman Empire of Ammianus
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Former owner's name penned to front endpaper. A nice, crisp copy. ; 9.3 X 6.1 X 2.1 inches; 608 pages. Seller Inventory # 306436
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THE ROMAN EMPIRE OF AMMIANUS
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Light shelfwear to DJ. ; 624 pages; The surviving books of Ammianus Marcellinus, covering in detail twenty-five years of the author s adult lifetime (353-378), place him in the first rank of Classical historians. With their intense style and lively visual sense, their power and marvellous ability to portray character in action (as well as their occasional idiosyncrasy), the Res Gestae are essential reading for anyone concerned with the history of the later Roman Empire and with the survival of the Classical literary tradition in an age of cultural and religious innovation. Seller Inventory # 27631
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The Roman Empire of Ammianus
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The Roman Empire of Ammianus
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Book Description orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xiv,608 pp., Weighs 1300 grams. Contents: Res Gestae: Ammianus & his History; Ammianus & Constantius; North-East Frontier; The Young Ammianus: Social & Cultural Setting; The Rise of Julian; Julian & the Philosophers; The Invasion of Persia; Legitimacy & Usurpation: Jovian to Procopius; Valentinian & Valens: Sex, Magic & Treason; Visa vel Lecta: The Office of Emperor; The Character of Government; The Practice of War; Barbarians & Bandits; The Physical Environment: Town & Country; Social Relations; Religion & Philosophy; The Roman & the Greek. Minor rubbing. VG, dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 024669
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