Ammianus Marcellinus from Soldier to Author

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-52529-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 420 Seiten, Format (B × H): 237 mm x 158 mm, Gewicht: 886 g

Reihe: Historiography of Rome and Its Empire

Ammianus Marcellinus composed a history of the Roman empire from 96 AD to 378 AD, focusing on the mid-fourth century during which he served in the army. His experience as a soldier during this period provides crucial realia of warfare, while his knowledge of literature, especially the genre of historiography, enabled him to imbue his narrative with literary flair. This book explores the tension between Ammianus’ roles as soldier and author, examining how his military experience affected his history, and conversely how his knowledge of literature affected his descriptions of the Roman army.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hanaghan, Michael

Woods, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series

Preface

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Michael Hanaghan and David Woods

Part 1: Ammianus’ Text

1 Why We Need a New Edition of Ammianus Marcellinus

Gavin Kelly

Part 2: Ammianus’ Military Experience

2 Ammianus and the Dignitas Protectoris

Maxime Emion

3 Simplicitas Militaris: Ammianus Marcellinus and Sermo Castrensis

Philip Rance

4 Ammianus’ Identification of Named Legions and Its Literary Significance

Conor Whately

5 Religionibus Firmis Iuramenta Constricta? Ammianus and the Sacramentum Militiae

Michael Wuk

6 Ammianus on Mallobaudes and Magnus Maximus: A Response to Theodosian Discourse?

Jeroen Wijnendaele

Part 3: Ammianus’ Literary Aims and Models

7 The Face of Convention: Battle and Siege Description in Ammianus Marcellinus

J. E. Lendon

8 The Literary Function of Ammianus’ Criticisms of Military Luxuria

Álvaro Sánchez-Ostiz

9 Coturni Terribilis Fabula (Amm. Marc. 28.6.29): The Goddess of Justice and the Death of Theodosius the Elder

Sigrid Mratschek

10 Ille ut Fax uel Incensus Malleolus: Ammianus and His Swift Narration of Julian’s Balkan Itinerary in 361 CE

Moysés Marcos

11 The Depiction of the Common Soldier (Miles) in Ammianus and Tacitus and the Intertextual Background of the Res Gestae

Agnese Bargagna

12 Xenophon and Ammianus: Two Soldier-Historians and Their Persian Expeditions

Guy Williams

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael P. Hanaghan, Ph.D. (2015), the University of Sydney, is Research Fellow in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University. He is author of Reading Sidonius’ Epistles (Cambridge, 2019) and numerous articles, including several on Ammianus.

David Woods, Ph.D. (1991), the Queen’s University of Belfast, is the Head of the Department of Classics at University College Cork, Ireland. He is the author of numerous articles on the military and political history of the Roman Empire.

Contributors are: Agnese Bargagna, Maxime Emion, Michael Hanaghan, Gavin Kelly, J.E. Lendon, Moysés Marcos, Sigrid Mratschek, Philip Rance, Álvaro Sánchez-Ostiz, Conor Whately, Jeroen Wijnendaele, Guy Williams, David Woods, Michael Wuk