Project Gutenberg 2009-04-22 Public domain in the USA. 1145 Ammianus Marcellinus Marcellinus, Ammianus Yonge, Charles Duke 1812 1891 Yonge, C. D. (Charles Duke) The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Produced by Greg Bergquist and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus" by Ammianus Marcellinus is a historical account written in the late 4th century. The work chronicles the events from the accession of Nerva in A.D. 96 to the death of the Emperor Valens in A.D. 378, providing a detailed examination of the Roman Empire's political and military landscape during significant periods of turmoil and transition. Through the lens of a soldier-historian, it offers insights into the complexities of governance, power struggles, and both the virtues and vices of rulers and their subjects. The opening of this history presents a vivid portrayal of the era under Emperor Constantius and the subsequent rise of his nephew, Cæsar Gallus, highlighting Gallus's violent and tyrannical reign. It details the cruelty inflicted by Gallus, exacerbated by the influence of his ambitious wife, as he decimates the lives of both the innocent and the accused, often without any semblance of justice. Further, it outlines the social and military challenges faced by the regions, including incursions by the Isaurians and Saracens, while foreshadowing the eventual conflicts that arise from power struggles and civil unrest. The narrative sets a tone of uncertainty and impending chaos, illustrating the dangers of unchecked ambition and the volatile nature of political power in the Roman Empire. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 42.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476 DG Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Category: History - Ancient 1736757 2025-06-11T17:13:31.712558 text/html 1729736 2009-04-22T08:43:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 603324 2009-04-22T08:43:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 724543 2025-06-11T17:14:12.202360 application/epub+zip 751432 2025-06-11T17:13:45.048542 application/epub+zip 727794 2025-06-11T17:13:38.843510 application/epub+zip 1321457 2025-06-11T17:14:26.625335 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1180392 2025-06-11T17:14:02.995393 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1042375 2022-09-13T10:04:09.969078 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1486270 2025-06-11T17:13:27.497598 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1486277 2009-04-22T08:43:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 557784 2009-04-22T08:43:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1483961 2009-04-22T08:43:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 555290 2009-04-22T08:43:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1485175 2009-04-22T08:43:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 555056 2009-04-22T08:43:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22899 2025-06-11T17:14:26.813287 application/rdf+xml 16720 2025-06-11T17:13:39.615503 image/jpeg 3699 2025-06-11T17:13:39.229534 image/jpeg 690451 2025-06-11T17:13:31.854545 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia