@@TominusMaximus I suppose we should be glad he at least wrote that. Still, if he had focused on a comprehensive history, I think we would be much more illuminated on the history of rome than we are right now.
Ammianus's lost history _devastates_ me. Had it survived the century, we could've learned so much. We could've gotten insight in the reign of Trajan. We could've figured out the more murky details of the _Historia Augusta_ The Tetrarchy... The Reign of Constantine... Dear god, that is an awful fate and especially for such a good Author.
Polibios was a navy man wasnt he ? Procopius was Belisarius secretary so he Saw military in action Veleiuss was oficer under Tiberius Ceasar was Well Ceasar Sallust was a milary tribúne and later a Legate under Ceasar during the civil war ( but a crap one) Tacitus and Cassius Dio were senátors so they have to been a military tribúnes before that Apian had a military service as well
@@niccolorichter1488 Procopius was Belisarius's legal advisor, I don't see any mention of him being a soldier working for the Roman Army specfially or fighting in any Battle. You are right on everything else though, ima edit this comment.
Even without that meme called the “Historia Augusta” the fact alone that Ammianus covered almost 300 years of Roman history and roughly 90% of it is forever lost. That's legitimate ropefuel.
A great shame the historiography declines as the empire declines, but this was very helpful, thank you. Including Orosius and Sozomen plus other Christian historians could’ve been helpful as well.
@@TominusMaximus True, but like the Historia Augustua there is some useful information that can be gleaned from these work even if they’re biased. Zosimus was a diehard pagan and his work utilizes two distinct sources, but is still valued all the same.
@@Famulus9 historia augusta Need archeological evidence,like the Battle of harzon when no One believe that maximinus thrax could had reached 400 km in germany..also, probably historia augusta take account even from dexippos
The way we construct history is so interesting. We know more or less about eras depending on how well they're covered; it's also not the just the writings of historians we look to of course to try and find out what was happening, but without them its so much harder to put in perspective what was going on from all the other writings and physical evidence that's survived.
And without 2-3 historians to compare and contrast it's way too easy for people to get a biased view. Ammianus' blatant favoritism is largely why people overrate Julian and underrate Constantius II (and Constans).
I have heard that with modern and future tech the two libraries in the giant mansion estate at Herculaneum (I think) might be recoverable one day. Hopefully some lost plays at least 🙏
Historia Augusta is "definitely and totally" reliable at the beginning. Personally, I think it's a miracle that the book even got finished in the first place...
I don't understand why you put that Velleius' narrative for the 1st century BC is lost until ca. 45 BC and it ends up in 15 BC. Velleius' narrative actually arrives up to 29 AD (mentioning the death of Julia Augusta), and once it is reprised after the very large gap, it goes on without considerable hiatus from the 170s BC onward. There are also large chunks of Sallust' narrative left out: his lost historical work touched on the 70s and 60s BC, and his work on Catilina does have a narrative of those decades (of course, as related to Catilina's conspiracy). Livy's lost part also exist in a potted form (see the Periochae). And the Historia Augusta did have a narrative of Nerva and Trajan, and it has a gap in the 240s and 250s AD.
I know I'm 3 months late but the two songs specifically are Imperator: Rome's Nightwatch & Oceanus from the base game soundtrack. Also Terra-Indomita is a superior mod because you can play as China.
@@Jeyeyeyey And what was the greatest achievement of the West?. A Century long technological stagnation?. At least the Byzantines invented new things and had new applications for older things.
@@Jeyeyeyey And the western half?One century of puppets before going down with a whimper?Also I wouldnt call a millenium of war, inventions and arhitectural marvels as vegetation.Maybe in the last centuries.But then again, the western half didn t last nearly that long.
