Friday, December 5, 2014

Ammianus Marcellinus (extra credit)

While there are good translations of Ammianus Marcellinus' writings online, none of them are really easy to navigate.  Fascinating stuff, however.   Here are a couple of selections you might look at:
Read any of the above passages you like, and add your comment to this post.  What did you find particularly interesting here?  How does reading Ammianus Marcellinus' account give you a clearer picture of either Constantius or Julian?