Rerum Gestarum qui de XXXI Supersunt, Libri XVIII

Ammiani Marcellini; Ammianus Marcellinus; Henri de Valois; Adrien de Valois; Friedrich Lindenbrog

Paris: Antoine Dezallier, 1681

[The history of Rome, as recorded in 380 by a soldier]  The 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. Bound in contemporary mottled calf. Spine gilt in 7 compartments.  Top of spine chipped, but generally clean and sound.  Small crack at base of front joint.  Wide margins, a handsome book.  [32], xxxiv, 676; [2], 100, [15] pages. With notes by Henri and Adrien de Valois and Friedrich Lindenbrog.  Brunet I, page 237.  Dibdin 1, 256. 

  Ammianus Marcellinus was a Greek Roman soldier during the 4th century (353 to 378 A.D.)  Ammianus served as an officer in the armies of Constantius II, Julian, and Valens, fighting in Gaul and the Middle East.  After retiring from the military, he wrote one of the last extant histories of Rome in the 380s.  Marcellinus's history was a continuation of the works of Tacitus.  His extant writings provides the foundation for modern understanding of Rome in the 4th century. 

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