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This is the final volume in the series of commentaries on Ammianus'
Res Gestae. Book 31 describes the Gothic invasion of 376 CE, the defeat of the Romans in the battle of Adrianople and the death of the emperor Valens.
About the author
Jan den Boeft, Ph.D. (1970) in Latin, Leiden University, is emeritus Professor of Latin at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and of Hellenistic Religions at Utrecht University. He has published on i.a. Ambrose, Augustine and Erasmus.
Jan Willem Drijvers, Ph.D. (1989) in History, University of Groningen, is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Groningen. He is the author of i.a.
Cyril of Jerusalem: Bishop and City (Leiden 2004). http: //www.rug.nl/staff/j.w.drijvers.
Daniël den Hengst, Ph.D. (1981) in Latin, University of Amsterdam, is emeritus Professor of Latin at the University of Amsterdam. An anthology of his articles on Late Antique Historiography is Burgersdijk, D.W.P. & Van Waarden, J.A. (eds.)
Emperors and Historiography, Brill 2010.
Hans Teitler, Ph.D. (1983) in Ancient History, Utrecht University, was formerly Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at Utrecht University. He is the author of i.a.
The Last Pagan Emperor: Julian the Apostate & the War against Christianity, New York 2017.
