Ammianus'' Julian - Narrative and Genre in the Res Gestae

Zusatztext The book provides a better understanding of Ammianus' account of Julian, and of Julian's significance in the work of the historian as a whole. It provides further means to verify the credibility of individual sources and their application by the historian ... Ross's book gives a better understanding of the choice of the facts handed down, the way in which they are presented, and their evaluation by Ammianus, and is thus also important to the historian. Informationen zum Autor Alan Ross completed his DPhil at Wolfson College, Oxford. He subsequently held a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, and a Marie Curie Fellowship at University College Dublin, Ireland, where he remains as a Visiting Research Fellow in Classics. He now teaches Ancient History at the University of Southampton, UK. Klappentext This volume offers a major reinterpretation of Ammianus Marcellinus' Res Gestae, one of the main narrative sources for the political history of the later Roman Empire. Arguing for a re-examination of Ammianus' agenda and methods in depicting Julian, the last 'pagan' emperor, it re-analyses his narration of several key moments in Julian's reign. Zusammenfassung This volume offers a major reinterpretation of Ammianus Marcellinus' Res Gestae, one of the main narrative sources for the political history of the later Roman Empire. Arguing for a re-examination of Ammianus' agenda and methods in depicting Julian, the last 'pagan' emperor, it re-analyses his narration of several key moments in Julian's reign.

Product details

• Authors: Alan J. Ross, Alan J. (Lecturer in Roman History Ross, Ross Alan J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9780198784951
• ISBN: 978-0-19-878495-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Oxford Classical Monographs; Oxford Classical Monographs
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Latin, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Ancient, classical and medieval texts