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Ammianus Marcellinus, the Caesar Julian, and Rhetorical Failure

dans Université d’Ottawa

Auteur(s) : O’Brien, Peter

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    • 2013-09-24T02:00:00Z
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    • One of the best known passages of Ammianus Marcellinus’ fourth century history is his account of the battle of Argentoratum (Strasbourg) in 357, where the newly appointed Caesar Julian led his Gallic army to a definitive victory over the Alamanni under king Chnodomar and his allies (XVI, 12). The account is artfully developed as a set-piece and unusually focused : its single modern chapter composes 70 modern paragraphs and 13 Teubner pages, while covering only half a day in time. Various asp...
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