Ammianus

American  

[am-ee-ey-nuhs] / ˌæm iˈeɪ nəs /

noun

1. Marcellinus a.d. c325–c398, Roman historian.

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Example Sentences

There have been many such books, from Ammianus Marcellinus’s “Res Gestae” in the 4th century to H.C.

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2022

In the final days of Rome, the historian Ammianus Marcellinus noted, "The modern nobles measure their rank and consequence according to the loftiness of their chariots."

From Time Magazine Archive

The four Evangelists therefore denote the same time,—sc. galliciniis secundis, as Ammianus expresses it, 1.

From An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by Greenleaf, Simon

Ammianus Marcellinus may serve as a fair example: born in Greece, he wrote in the tongue of the ruling race rather than in his own idiom.

From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick

Ammianus is to be thought of as the last of the old Roman school of historians.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin