{"product_id":"the-later-roman-empire-isbn-9780140444063","title":"The Later Roman Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Roman historian chronicles Rome on the brink of collapse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmmianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The Later Roman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years during Marcellinus' own lifetime, covering the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, and Valens, and providing eyewitness accounts of significant military events including the Battle of Strasbourg and the Goth's Revolt. Portraying a time of rapid and dramatic change, Marcellinus describes an Empire exhausted by excessive taxation, corruption, the financial ruin of the middle classes and the progressive decline in the morale of the army. In this magisterial depiction of the closing decades of the Roman Empire, we can see the seeds of events that were to lead to the fall of the city, just twenty years after Marcellinus' death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.The Later Roman EmpirePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003eFamily Tree of Constantine the Great\u003cbr\u003eIntroductory Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Later Roman Empire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 14\u003cbr\u003eBook 15\u003cbr\u003eBook 16\u003cbr\u003eBook 17\u003cbr\u003eBook 18\u003cbr\u003eBook 19\u003cbr\u003eBook 20\u003cbr\u003eBook 21\u003cbr\u003eBook 22\u003cbr\u003eBook 23\u003cbr\u003eBook 24\u003cbr\u003eBook 25\u003cbr\u003eBook 26\u003cbr\u003eBook 27\u003cbr\u003eBook 28\u003cbr\u003eBook 29\u003cbr\u003eBook 30\u003cbr\u003eBook 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on the Text\u003cbr\u003eNote on Officials and their Titles\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Persons\u003cb\u003eDates of Emperors\u003cbr\u003eGeographical key\u003cbr\u003eMaps\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Map\u003cbr\u003eMonuments of Rome\u003cbr\u003eMap A: Gaul, Germany, and the Rhine\u003cbr\u003eMap B: The Danube, Italy and Thrace\u003cbr\u003eMap C: The East and Persia\u003cbr\u003eMap D: Asia Minor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmmianus Marcellinus\u003c\/b\u003e was the last great Roman historian, continuing the histories of Tacitus from AD 96 down to his own day.  The first thirteen of his thirty-one books are lost: the remainder describe AD 354 - 378. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Walter Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e translated Plato's \u003ci\u003eSymposium\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGorgias\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLetters VII and VIII\u003c\/i\u003e for Penguin Classics. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Andrew Wallace-Hadrill\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Classics at Reading University.  His books include \u003ci\u003eSuetonius: the Scholar and his Caesars\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301835526373,"sku":"NP9780140444063","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140444063.jpg?v=1767740172","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-later-roman-empire-isbn-9780140444063","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}