The Later Roman Empire: (a.D. 354-378)

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Product ID:	9780140444063
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	The Later Roman Empire
Subtitle:	(a.D. 354-378)
Authors:	Author: Ammianus Marcellinus
Page Count:	512
Subjects:	European history, European history, Ancient history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Rome
Description:	A fourth-century army officer recounts the history of Rome during the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian and Valens. Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The Later Roman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years during Marcellinus'' own lifetime, covering the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, and Valens, and providing eyewitness accounts of significant military events including the Battle of Strasbourg and the Goth''s Revolt. Portraying a time of rapid and dramatic change, Marcellinus describes an Empire exhausted by excessive taxation, corruption, the financial ruin of the middle classes and the progressive decline in the morale of the army. In this magisterial depiction of the closing decades of the Roman Empire, we can see the seeds of events that were to lead to the fall of the city, just twenty years after Marcellinus'' death.
Imprint Name:	Penguin Classics
Publisher Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	1986-05-29

Weight	356 g
Dimensions	196 × 130 × 23 mm