Books 14–31 of Res Gestae
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Books 14–31 of Res Gestae are the surviving portion of Ammianus Marcellinus’s late Roman historical narrative, covering the mid-fourth-century Roman Empire and serving as a key source for that period.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical work fragment
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late Roman historical narrative ⓘ |
| author | Ammianus Marcellinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalScope | mid-4th-century Roman Empire ⓘ |
| contains |
account of the Gothic and other barbarian incursions
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account of the death of Emperor Julian (363) ⓘ description of the Battle of Strasbourg (357) ⓘ descriptions of cities and provinces of the Roman Empire ⓘ detailed account of Julian’s Persian campaign ⓘ digressions on omens, prodigies, and religious practices ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coverage |
internal court politics and imperial administration
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military campaigns of the late Roman Empire ⓘ political history of the Roman Empire in the mid-4th century ⓘ relations between Romans and Germanic peoples ⓘ relations between Romans and Persians ⓘ religious tensions and conflicts in the 4th-century Roman Empire ⓘ |
| criticalOf |
court officials and corruption in the late Roman Empire
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excessive luxury and moral decline among Roman elites ⓘ |
| followedBy | no surviving continuation beyond Book 31 ⓘ |
| genre |
historiography
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narrative history ⓘ |
| historicalMethod | combination of eyewitness testimony and use of earlier sources ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed |
reign of Constantius II
NERFINISHED
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reign of Jovian ⓘ reign of Julian (the Apostate) ⓘ reigns of Valentinian I and Valens ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Sallust
NERFINISHED
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Tacitus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition | survives in a single medieval manuscript family ⓘ |
| narrativePerson | third person ⓘ |
| originallyDividedInto | 18 books (Books 14 through 31) ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Res Gestae (shared with the whole work) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Res Gestae (Ammianus Marcellinus) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perspective | written from the viewpoint of a Greek-speaking provincial serving in the Roman army ⓘ |
| portrays | Emperor Julian in a generally favorable light ⓘ |
| precededBy | lost Books 1–13 of Res Gestae ⓘ |
| significance |
important source for late Roman social and cultural history
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important source for the history of late Roman military institutions ⓘ major primary source for the history of the mid-4th-century Roman Empire ⓘ principal narrative source for the reign of Emperor Julian ⓘ |
| status | only surviving books of Ammianus Marcellinus’s Res Gestae ⓘ |
| style | classicizing Latin historiography ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | late 4th century AD ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy | modern historians of Late Antiquity ⓘ |
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