Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian and his writings rank alongside ... more
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 Ju...
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coins decreased, the coins became less valuable. To make up for this loss in value, merchants raised the prices on the goods they sold. Many people stopped using coins and began to barter to get what they needed. Eventually, salaries had to be paid in food and clothing, and taxes were collected in fruits and vegetables.
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Product details
EAN
9780140444063
Type
Non-Fiction
Genre
History
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Title
The Later Roman Empire
Author
Ammianus Marcellinus
ISBN
0140444068
Manufacturer's product description
Ammianus 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.
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