Dissertations / Theses: 'Ammianus'

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Kelly, Gavin. "Ammianus Marcellinus : autopsy, allusion, exemplum." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.395223.

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Forte, Helen Elizabeth. "Studies in the vocabulary of Ammianus Marcellinus." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.680068.

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Belcher, Susannah K. R. "Historia rerum gestarum : discursive figures in Ammianus Marcellinus." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.572760.

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This thesis is a historiographic analysis of the Res gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus. It begins with an analysis of the role of narrativisation in historiography, and engages closely with the ideas of Auerbach, which are themes repeated throughout the thesis. Chapter One goes on to examine Ammianus' compositional technique in order to reveal considerable congruence with other late 4th century Latin authors. It then turns to the causative scheme of the Res gestae, and reveals the permeation of Ammianus' thought world and historiographic endeavour by a universal providential ideal of Justice, figured as the dominant allegory by which he tests his experienced socio- political environment, as well as the primary causative agency in his work. The next chapter looks at the laws, as the dominant morality system experienced by the historian outside the text, and shows how Ammianus has produced a powerful critique of the imperial administration of justice through a forceful reappropriation of their rhetoric of the divinity of the laws. Finally, it turns to bodies, and demonstrates how Ammianus has used them as a corporeal metaphor for his own inscriptive and discursive practice of writing history, a site and locus for various discursive scripts of resistance, decorum and rationality. All in all, the thesis seeks to foreground certain dominant themes: Ammianus' alertness to contemporary discourse and participation in various contemporary literary techniques, his encompassing and coherent historiographic concept, and the role of Justice as the dominant allegory through which he has figured and tested his historical experience. It shows how Ammianus has conceptualised and figured his history in order to present a powerful and informed contribution to various contested narratives of the period, most prominently those of Adrianople, the emperor Julian, providence, the laws and the self.

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Szidat, Joachim. "Historischer Kommentar zu Ammianus Marcellinus Buch XX-XXI." Stuttgart : F. Steiner, 1996. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36157539h.

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Riedl, Petra. "Faktoren des historischen Prozesses : eine vergleichende Untersuchung zu Tacitus und Ammianus Marcellinus /." Tübingen : Narr, 2002. http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0d1p0-aa.

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Ross, Alan J. "Inter quos ego quogue eram : authorship and participation in Ammianus Aarcellinus." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.547798.

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White, Andrea. "Ammianus Marcellinus as a guide to the strategies of Julian's Gallic campaign, 356-361." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0012/MQ36855.pdf.

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Davies, Jason Peter. "The articulation of Roman religion in the Latin historians Livy, Tacitus and Ammianus Marcellinus." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.321893.

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Öberg, Rickard. "Varthän flyr vi, mina tappra män? : En komparativ studie av militärideologi i Vegetius och Ammianus Marcellinus texter." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Historiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-156956.

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This study is situated between the disciplines of military history and the history of ideas. It focuses on two late Roman writers; the bureaucrat Vegetius and the historian Ammianus Marcellinus. Drawing on linguistic methodology and a theory of ideology formulated by the Swedish political scientist Herbert Tingsten, this is the first comprehensive and comparative study of these two important sources of information on the late Roman military. The purpose of the study has been to elucidate and explain ideological differences and similarities between the two figures. Previous research suggests that Vegetius’ De Re Militari is a less trustworthy source given its author’s lack of military experience and his reliance on earlier written sources. By comparing it with Ammianus’ Res Gestae, a source often attributed greater credibility, this study hoped to demonstrate significant similarities that would warrant a re-evaluation of Vegetius’ source value. However, the conclusion drawn from the comparative examination of these two texts is that Ammianus and Vegetius did not share a common military ideology and that there are no grounds for a profound re-evaluation of Vegetius’ credibility.

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Williams, Guy. "Defining a Roman identity in the Res Gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus : the dialogue between "Roman" and "foreign"." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/defining-a-roman-identity-in-the-res-gestae-of-ammianus-marcellinus-the-dialogue-between-roman-and-foreign(19007b12-4129-41ed-a2c1-cd57af27b542).html.

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This thesis argues that Ammianus is interested in, and attempts to define, a Roman identity applicable to his own multifarious world. It argues that Ammianus and some of his peers discern a clear increase in the number of foreigners and outsiders in the empire. While some of his peers lament this perception and adopt a hard-line approach, Ammianus has a much more nuanced view. It is argued that the model of Roman identity which he devises not only accounts for foreigners, but actually, in some cases, makes them exemplars of a flexible Roman identity based chiefly on the notion of appropriate behaviour. In this sense, his identity scheme is ultimately integrative and inclusive. As part of his definition of identity, Ammianus utilises an "outsider" perspective. This perspective is shown to dictate not only how he portrays his characters and their deeds, but even how he reflects on the substance of Romanness as a continual dialogue between "Roman" and "foreign", broadly conceived. It is finally argued that the historian's purpose in defining such an identity is to ensure that the eternity of the empire, in which he firmly believes, is safeguarded by future "Romans" who perhaps may never even see the City itself, but nevertheless remain committed to its protection.

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Kelso, Ian Alfred Ovens. "Ammianus Marcellinus and Procopius of Caesarea, the eastern campaigns of Julian and Justinian, 4th and 6th centuries A.D." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0027/MQ36478.pdf.

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Chlup, James Thomas. "Beyond the foreigner : representations of non-Roman individuals and communities in Latin historiography, from Sallust to Ammianus Marcellinus." Thesis, Durham University, 2004. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3677/.

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From the foundation of the city of Rome in 753 BCE to the capture of the same in 476 CE, the ancient Romans came into contact with a diverse range of peoples. The Romans did not want only to conquer these peoples and incorporate them into the empire, but also they displayed a genuine interest in learning about foreigners. Roman historical narrative demonstrates clearly this prevailing curiosity. This thesis examines the representations of foreign individuals and communities in five works: SaUust, helium lugurthinum; Livy, Ab Vrhe Condita 21-30; Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus, Historiae Philippicae 11-12; Tacitus, Germania; Ammianus MarcelHnus, Res Gestae 23.6. These authors represent a broad range of types of history writing (monograph, AUG history, universal history), and they span most of die history of Rome as an empire (40s BCE to the late 300s CE). Moreover, these works represent a diverse range of geographic locations in that they include the three major parts of the world as understood by the Romans: Africa, Europe and Asia. Finally, they cover—or they exist within the context of—the full range of the Roman-Foreign experience: victory (Numidia, Carthage), defeat (Persia), and non- result (Germani).This thesis demonstrates that Roman historians employ a diverse range of presentations of non-Roman individuals and communities. Roman historians appear not to have been constrained by a narrow set of rules when it comes to writing non- Romans; rather, each author can be seen to be engaging in a wider Roman discourse on the foreigner. And this discourse extends beyond the Roman world and Roman historical writing: the historians of Rome can be seen as building upon, and responding to, the so-called father of history, Herodotus, whose own narrative established firmly that exploration of the foreigner is an important part of historical inquiry. Close analysis clearly demonstrates each presentation of a non-Roman character or community to be an intricate and fascinating construction, and understanding how the foreigner is conceptualised in the work is of critical importance. On the one hand, the presentation of foreigners fits into the historian’s overarching aims and objectives in his work; on the other hand, the representation of foreigners can dictate the ways in which the Roman history is narrated. Non-Romans both fit into and they provide direction for, Roman historical narrative. By studying the complexities of the presentation of non-Romans, therefore, this thesis enhances our understanding of the sophistication of Roman historical writing. Despite the continuing acknowledgement of the important role ethnography plays in writings of Herodotus and his Greek and Roman successors and imitators, there has not so far been a genre-wide detailed study of the ethnography in Greek or Roman historiography. This thesis, therefore, seeks to rectify partially this omission on the part of scholarship, and establish a foundation for future study of the non-Roman in Latin literature and Roman culture.

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Naether, Franziska. "Magical Texts in Trismegistos: Ammianus Marcellinus on Oracles in Roman Egypt – or: what Impact had Christianity on Pagan Egyptian Divination?" Universität Leipzig, 2008. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A33979.

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Ammianus Marcellinus Bemerkungen über Orakelpraktiken im Bes-Tempel von Abydos werden als Ausgang für diese Studie gewählt. In RG 19, 12, 3-16 erfahren wir, dass das nicht beschiedene Exemplar eines Ticket-Orakels im Tempelarchiv verblieb, um anschließend auf mögliche kaiser- und „staats“-feindliche Inhalte kontrolliert zu werden. Darunter fällt u.a. die seit 11. n. Chr. verbotene Frage nach dem Todeszeitpunkt des Kaisers. Diese Aussage soll anhand der vorhandenen Orakelfragen aus Ägypten überprüft und das in der Datenbank vorhandene Quellenmaterial zu Religion, Ritualtexten, Magie und Divination / Mantik vorgestellt werden. Besondere Berücksichtigung erfährt hierbei die Frage, ob genuin pagane Rituale in frühchristlicher Zeit statistisch gesehen eine Wandlung erfahren.

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Murtaugh, Sarah J. "Gibbon's Guides: The Scholarly Reception of Ammianus Marcellinus and Procopius of Caesarea After the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/156.

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This thesis explores the influence of Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire on modern scholarship about two ancient Roman historians, Ammianus Marcellinus and Procopius of Caesarea. It reveals that Gibbon's way of thinking about these historians, whom he referred to as his "guides," continues to shape scholarly discourse about them.

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Kramer, Hermann Verfasser], Klaus [Akademischer Betreuer] [Freitag, and Bruno [Akademischer Betreuer] Bleckmann. "Nur erzählte Geschichte? Untersuchungen zur Darstellungsweise und zur Glaubwürdigkeit des Ammianus Marcellinus (Amm. 16,10; 20,4-5) / Hermann Kramer ; Klaus Max Freitag, Bruno Bleckmann." Aachen : Universitätsbibliothek der RWTH Aachen, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1171324146/34.

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Gonçalves, Bruna Campos [UNESP]. "Treinamentos e Disciplinas militares do exército romano-bárbaro no século IV d.C." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/143801.

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Dans ce travail nous cherchons à comprendre l’interaction intense entre romains et barbares dans les lignes de l’armée, ce qui compose ce que nous dénommons l’armée romaine-barbare. À partir de cette confluence, nous observons comment s’est développé l’utilisation des équipements militaires par les soldats et, conséquemment, comment ils ont influencé la discipline et l’entraînement des combattants. Dans ce but, nous avons créé un catalogue d’images, d’artefacts de guerre qui ont été utilisés pendant le IVe siècle ap. J.-C., dans lequel il y a des fiches catalographiques qui contiennent l’image de chaque objet et ses caractéristiques. Nous avons aussi développé un catalogue de sources qui nous aide à comprendre comment les soldats de cette période voyaient et utilisaient les armes ; comme référence, nous avons utilisé les oeuvres Res gestae d’Ammien Marcellin, Epitoma rei militaris de Végèce (Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus), Notitia dignitatum et De rebus bellicis (ces deux dernières sont anonymes). L’étude de ces oeuvres et matériels nous a permis de vérifier comment était utilisé chaque armement, de telle façon que nous avons pu avoir une compréhension de tous les équipements et machines utilisés par l’armée romaine-barbare du IVe siècle ap. J.-C. À partir de la connaissance de l’utilisation de chaque arme, nous avons pu savoir quels étaient les exercices requis pour la pratique individuelle et collective de l’armée. Ainsi, nous avons remarqué que la coexistence avec d’autres cultures a élargi les connaissances tactiques et disciplinaires de l’armée de l’Empire romain de l’Antiquité tardive.
No presente trabalho buscamos perceber a intensa interação entre romanos e bárbaros nas fileiras do exército, compondo o que chamamos de exército romano-bárbaro. A partir dessa confluência observamos como se desenvolveu o uso dos equipamentos militares pelos soldados e, consequentemente, como influenciaram na disciplina e treinamento dos combatentes. Para tanto, compomos um catalogo de imagens, com artefatos bélicos que foram usados no período do século IV d.C, onde montamos fichas catalográficas com a imagem de cada objeto e suas características. Desenvolvemos, também, um catalogo de fontes que nos auxilia a entender como eram vistas e usadas as armas pelos soldados daquele momento, como referência utilizamos a obra Res gestae de Amiano Marcelino, a Epitome rei militaris de Flávio Vegécio Renato, a Notitia dignitatum e a De rebus bellicis, sendo as duas últimas anônimas. O estudo dessas obras e materiais nos possibilitou averiguar como eram utilizados cada armamento, de forma que podemos ter uma compreensão de todos os equipamento e máquina usado pelo exército romano-bárbaro no século IV d.C. A partir do conhecimento do uso de cada arma, pudemos apurar quais eram os exercícios requerido para a prática individual e coletiva do exército. Logo, percebemos que a convivência com outras culturas ampliou os conhecimentos tático e disciplinares do exército do Império Romano da Antiguidade Tardia.
In the present work, we realize the intense interaction between romans and barbarians in the army, forming what we called roman-barbarian army. From the confluence we observe how developed the use of military equipment by the soldiers and consequently how they influenced in the discipline and training of fighters. Therefore, we compose a catalog of images with war artifacts of the fourth century A.D. In this, we set cards with the image of each object and its features. We have also developed a catalog of sources which helps us to understand how the soldiers seen and used the weapons of that time. As a reference, we analyze the Res gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus, the Epitome rei militaris of Flavius Vegetius Renatus, the Notitia dignitatum and the De rebus bellicis, the latter two anonymous. The study of these works and materials enabled us to find out how each weapon were used, then we can have an understanding of all equipment and machinery used by the roman-barbarian soldiers in the fourth century A.D. We could tell which were the exercises required for the individual and collective practice of the army, by knowing the use of each weapon. Soon, we realized that living with other cultures expand tactical and disciplinary knowledge of the late Roman army.
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Bargagna, Agnese. "Ammien Marcellin et l'humanisme : tradition et réception des Res gestae dès témoins manuscrit du XVe siècle aux premières éditions imprimées." Thesis, Sorbonne université, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020SORUL091.

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La Thèse présente une enquête sur deux aspects fondamentaux de la quaestio ammianea, notamment la tradition et la réception des Res gestae pendant la Renaissance à partir dès témoins manuscrits du XVe siècle jusqu’aux premières éditions imprimées. Dans une première partie, chaque codex est décrit de manière détaillée et, dans le même temps, une analyse complète de ses marginalia est donnée, puisqu’il s’agit d’éléments qui indiquent la consultation des Res gestae par un lecteur. On s’efforce précisément d’identifier ce lecteur, on étudie les caractéristiques utiles à son identification et la détermination de son bagage culturel et son contexte. Dans la deuxième partie la réception des Res gestae pendant la même période est traitée. Un chapitre expose les figures d’ humanistes importants sur lesquels on n’a pas assez d’informations disponibles: les personnalités liées aux registres des prêtres du Vatican, Platina, G. Ammannati Piccolomini, Giannozzo Manetti, Laurent de’ Medici, Niccolò Saguntino, Jean Jouffroy, Aulo Giano Parrasio. En suite, trois personnalités déterminantes pour la réception d’Ammien seront étudiées séparément : Poggio Bracciolini, Giulio Pomponio Leto et Roberto Valturio. Enfin, on constate que pendant la Renaissance la connaissance de l’œuvre d’Ammien a été diffusée par deux environnements principaux : le cercle du cardinal Prospero Colonna et la Curia Romana et ensuite grâce à Pomponio Leto et son Académie. En outre, la richesse des Res gestae leur a permis de satisfaire les exigences de deux catégories d’intellectuels : ceux qui consultaient l’œuvre partiellement et occasionnellement et ceux qui, par contre, visaient à obtenir une pleine maîtrise de sa forme et de son contenu
This PhD Thesis is aimed to investigate two fundamental aspects of the quaestio ammianea: its transmission and reception throughout the Renaissance, from most of the 15th century manuscripts up to the first printed editions. In the first part, each codex receives a detailed description, and their marginal notes are analyzed as a source of information on the consultation of the Res gestae. Concerning the reader, the elements useful to get an understanding of his cultural background and his context are then discussed. In the second part, the reception of the Res gestae (in the same period) is taken into consideration. Platina, G. Ammannati Piccolomini, Giannozzo Manetti, Laurence de’ Medici, Niccolò Saguntino, Jean Jouffroy, Aulo Giano Parrasio. Furthermore, three personalities pivotal in the reception of Ammianus will be treated: Poggius Bracciolini, Giulio Pomponio Leto and Roberto Valturio. Moreover, it has to be noted that during the Renaissance, the knowledge of Ammianus’ work was primarily diffused by two main environments: the circle of the cardinal Prospro Colonna and the Curia Romana, while later it increased thanks to Pomponius Laetus and his Academy. In conclusion, the variety of information and the depth of a work like the Res gestae have been able to satisfy the exigencies of two types of intellectuals: those who consulted it partially and occasionally, and those who, instead, aimed to an exhaustive mastery of its contents and forms

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Scheuchzer, Johann Jacob Bürgklin Johann Heinrich. "[Syntheo.] Homo diluvii testis et [theoskopos], publicae [syz̄et̄esei] expositus à Joh. Jacobo Scheuchzero, Med. D. Math. P. Acad. Imperialis Carolinae... Respp... pro examine philosophico consequendo. (In Classe Prima.) Henrico Wolphio, Henr. Kilchspergero, Jacobo Wasero, Felice Ammiano, Johanne Grobio, Casparo Grobio, Jacobo Laub., Huldrico Grobio, Togg. (In Classe Secunda.) Conrado Fueslino, Johanne Feerio, Casparo Tomanno, Henrico Waebero, Johanne Sutero, In Auditorio aestivo ad diem Junii H.L.Q.S." Strasbourg : SCD de l'Université Louis Pasteur, 2006. http://imgbase-scd-ulp.u-strasbg.fr/displayimage.php?album=220&pos=0.

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Williams, Sean Robert. "Ammianus and Constantius the portrayal of a tyrant in the Res Gestae /." 2009. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/572.

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Sidwell, Barbara. "The portrayal and role of anger in the Res Gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/49424.

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The hypothesis for this research project is: Ammianus’ treatment of the emotion of anger reveals as much, if not more, about his education, values, beliefs, personality, than it does about the people he writes about and that he sees in emotion a major causative factor. This research contained within aims to contribute to a greater depth of understanding of the role of the key emotion of anger within the individual and collective lives of the characters as portrayed by Ammianus Marcellinus and how he uses them to influence the reader and colour his narrative. Scholars now tend to examine Ammianus to discern or evaluate the historical reliability of his authorship. Thus there is scope for examining how Ammianus shapes his narrative and tries to influence the reader by his portraits of individuals and collective characters. Although this approach seems an obvious one, the particular value of this thesis and of its contribution to late Roman historiography is that no one has hitherto done this in an extended and thorough way. While we welcome the importance Ammianus gives to emotions as historical agents, his treatment and representations of them have idiosyncratic features that crucially affect any assessment of him as a subjective observer and reporter of Rome and its past. Making the study keyword based reduces the need to make (possibly erroneous) inferences about whether it is really anger or some related emotion that we are dealing with. This has then lead to the compilation of lists of relevant anger words in Latin that relate to the individuals and groups who are the basis for my study.1 Following this analysis of the use of anger by Ammianus Marcellinus through a careful study of his Res Gestae and the characterisations he incorporated within it is hoped that we can better understand the discourse of Ammianus, by unearthing the bias, the propagandist elements and the general trends of his portrayals, through keywords that refer directly to anger. In this way it is anticipated that we can better understand the purpose behind many of these representations.
Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Adelaide, School of Humanities, 2008

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Andreocci, Paolo [Verfasser]. "Die Germanen bei Caesar, Tacitus und Ammian : eine vergleichende Darstellung / vorgelegt von Paolo Andreocci." 2008. http://d-nb.info/1006817166/34.

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