Apex Omnium Religion in the Res Gestae of Ammianus.

One of the masterpieces of Greco-Roman literature is the history written by Ammianus Marcellinus near the end of the fourth century A.D. His work bears unique witness to an empire struggling at once toward traditional and transformation, the old Rome of Augustus and the new Rome of Christ. Embodied...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rike, R. L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2021]
Series:Transformation of the Classical Heritage Series.
Subjects:
Ammianus Marcellinus. > Rerum gestarum libri.
Rerum gestarum libri (Ammianus Marcellinus)
284-476
Historiography
Religion > Historiography
Rome > History > Empire, 284-476 > Historiography.
Rome > Religion > Historiography.
Rome > History > Empire, 284-476.
Rome > Histoire > 284-476 (Bas-Empire) > Historiographie.
Rome > Religion > Historiographie.
Rome > Histoire > 284-476 (Bas-Empire)
Rome (Empire)
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION. MEDIUS
  • CHAPTER ONE. THE GODS
  • CHAPTER TWO. CULT: JULIAN SIDUS SALUTARE
  • CHAPTER THREE. JULIAN MINAX SIDUS
  • CHAPTER FOUR. THAT THEY COME TO THE GODS: PHILOSOPHERS IN A NEW RESTORATION
  • CHAPTER FIVE. COMPARISON OF RELIGIONS
  • CHAPTER SIX. THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES
  • CONCLUSION. ROME
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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