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

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

This is the mode of warfare among the Allemani in the fourth century on the Upper Rhine, as described by Ammianus Marcellinus.

From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich

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