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Constantius and the sieges of Amida and Nisibis: Ammianus’ relationship with Julian’s Panegyrics

Constantius and the sieges of Amida and Nisibis: Ammianus’ relationship with Julian’s Panegyrics
Constantius and the sieges of Amida and Nisibis: Ammianus’ relationship with Julian’s Panegyrics
Although the emperor Julian appears as the dominant character within the extant portion of Ammianus Marcellinus' Res Gestae, Ammianus' relationship with Julian's writings has rarely been investigated. This article argues that Ammianus models aspects of his description of the siege of Amida in 359 upon the narrative of the siege of Nisibis in 350 in Julian's two panegyrics to Constantius. Ammianus' intertextuality with Julian is designed to provide a subtle denigration of Constantius by offering a corrective reading of Constantius' most notable military triumph against the Persian king Sapor.
0065-1141
127-154
Ross, Alan
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Ross, Alan
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Ross, Alan (2014) Constantius and the sieges of Amida and Nisibis: Ammianus’ relationship with Julian’s Panegyrics. Acta Classica, 57, 127-154. (doi:10.15731/AClass.057.07).

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Although the emperor Julian appears as the dominant character within the extant portion of Ammianus Marcellinus' Res Gestae, Ammianus' relationship with Julian's writings has rarely been investigated. This article argues that Ammianus models aspects of his description of the siege of Amida in 359 upon the narrative of the siege of Nisibis in 350 in Julian's two panegyrics to Constantius. Ammianus' intertextuality with Julian is designed to provide a subtle denigration of Constantius by offering a corrective reading of Constantius' most notable military triumph against the Persian king Sapor.

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Published date: November 2014
Organisations: History
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Local EPrints ID: 389642
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/389642
DOI: doi:10.15731/AClass.057.07
ISSN: 0065-1141
PURE UUID: 22ec6988-2373-417b-b967-370b60b53c28

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Date deposited: 10 Mar 2016 13:23
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 23:06

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