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Ancient History Sourcebook: The Luxury of the Rich in Rome - An excerpt from the Roman History XIV.16, from the Davis translation, in which Ammianus criticizes Rome as shallow and culturally empty..

The Battle of Adrianople - Excerpt from the Yonge 1862 translation (History, XXXI.12-14), on the Roman defeat..

Forum Romanum: Ammianus Marcellinus - Latin text of Res Gestae a Fine Corneli Taciti, as well as a list of related sites..

Histos: Ammianus Marcellinus on the Geography of the Pontus Euxinus - 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..