Ammianus Marcellinus

1 standalone book

Ammianus Marcellinus was a 4th-century Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from antiquity. His work, known as the Res gestae, was written in Latin and chronicled the history of Rome from the accession of Emperor Nerva in 96 to the death of Valens at the Battle of Adrianople in 378. Only the sections covering the period 353 to 378 survive.