An excerpt from the Roman History XIV.16, from the Davis translation, in which Ammianus criticizes Rome as shallow and culturally empty.
Paper by Jan Willem Drijvers of the University of Groningen considering Marcellinus' digression on the Black Sea in the Res Gestae as a literary rather than reference piece.
Latin text of Res Gestae a Fine Corneli Taciti, as well as a list of related sites.
Excerpt from the Yonge 1862 translation (History, XXXI.12-14), on the Roman defeat.
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