Ammianus Marcellinus
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Ammianus Marcellinus, occasionally anglicized as Ammian, was a Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from antiquity. Written in Latin and known as th
Bust of Emperor Constantius II from Syria
The walls of Amida, built by Constantius II before the Siege of Amida of 359. Ammianus himself was present in the city until a day before its fall.
Title page to the 1533 editio princeps of books XXVII–XXXI of Res gestae, the first complete edition of the surviving books
Constantius II
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Constantius II was Roman emperor from 337 to 361. His reign saw constant warfare on the borders against the Sasanian Empire and Germanic peoples, while internally the Roman Empire went through repeate
Caesar Constantius II on a miliarense of Siscia , AD 327
Bust of Constantius II while he was a prince, Romano-Germanic Museum, Cologne
Bust of youthful Constantius II or Constans, Capitoline Museums