Zosimus: New History

Ridley, Ronald Τ.

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“… 17 Paschoud 1979, 412; Ridley 1982, 194 (101); Curran 1998, 105; Potter 2004, 550; Sogno 2006, 118 n. 37.…”

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“…4.20.6 refers obliquely to ‘Those responsible for protecting the cities at the Danube’ (Τῶν δὲ τὰς ἐπì τοῦ Ἴστρου πóλεις φρουρεῖν τεταγμένων). Ridley 1982, 79 translates this more economically as ‘The garrison commanders in the cities of the Danube’. Given the context, this is not without justification.…”

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Ammianus, Magnus Maximus and the Gothic Uprising

Wijnendaele

2020

Britannia

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It has been asserted that the usurper Magnus Maximus can be identified with the commander Maximus who served during the Gothic uprising of 376–77. This assertion is tempting because it connects imperial events in Africa, the Balkans and Britain during a pivotal period. However, this note aims to dispel this identification. It does so by both examining the socio-institutional ramifications of promotion in the imperial chain of command and cross-examining literary traditions previously overlooked in this identification.

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Ammianus, Magnus Maximus and the Gothic Uprising

Wijnendaele

2020

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The Vandals

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Gothic War (376–382)

Dart¹

2011

The Encyclopedia of War

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A war waged by several Gothic groups (principally the Thervingi and the Greuthungi) against the Roman Empire from 376 until 382, when a treaty secured the Goths permanent settlement within the borders of the Roman Empire. The most detailed source for the war is book 31 of the history of Ammianus Marcellinus (covering the period 376 to 378). Though brief, the history of Zosimus covers the entire war. An oration by Themistius is also preserved, which describes the peace agreement in 382. The significance of the Battle of Adrianople (Hadrianopolis) and the war as a whole for the history of the later Roman Empire can be easily exaggerated; however, the mass settlement of Gothic peoples as a semiautonomous group within the traditional bounds of the Roman Empire in 382 was to mark a significant new epoch in Roman history.

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Zosimus: New History

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Ammianus, Magnus Maximus and the Gothic Uprising

Ammianus, Magnus Maximus and the Gothic Uprising

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Gothic War (376–382)

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