{"product_id":"history-volume-ii","title":"History, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA soldier’s chronicle of Rome in decline.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmmianus  Marcellinus (ca. AD 325–ca. 395), a Greek of Antioch, joined the army  when still young and served under the governor Ursicinus and the emperor  of the East Constantius II, and later under the emperor Julian, whom he  admired and accompanied against the Alamanni and the Persians. He  subsequently settled in Rome, where he wrote in Latin a history of the  Roman empire in the period AD 96–378, entitled \u003ci\u003eRerum Gestarum Libri XXXI\u003c\/i\u003e.  Of these 31 books only 14–31 (AD 353–378) survive, a remarkably  accurate and impartial record of his own times. Soldier though he was,  he includes economic and social affairs. He was broadminded towards  non-Romans and towards Christianity. We get from him clear indications  of causes of the fall of the Roman empire. His style indicates that his  prose was intended for recitation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library edition of Ammianus Marcellinus is in three volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54241675575640,"sku":"9780674993488","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674993488_68752dd9-fccc-44a5-b638-164028ee3e14.jpg?v=1779510659","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/history-volume-ii","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}