Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Ammianus Marcellinus

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Ammianus Marcellinus was a Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from antiquity. His work, known as the Res Gestae, chronicled in Latin the history of Rome from the accession of the Emperor Nerva in 96 to the death of Valens at the Battle of Adrianople in 378, although only the sections covering the period 353 to 378 survive.

Roman - Historian | 320 - 390

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Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.

Ammianus Marcellinus

No wild beasts are so cruel as the Christians in their dealings with each other

Ammianus Marcellinus

Nearly all the Gauls are of a lofty stature, white, and of ruddy complexion; terrible from the sternness of their eyes, very quarrelsome, and of great pride and insolence. A whole troop of foreigners would not be able to withstand a single Gaul if he called his wife to his assistance, who is usually very strong, and with blue eyes

Ammianus Marcellinus

Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from them do not at all times agree, seeing the gods claim to themselves the right to decide as to the final result.

Ammianus Marcellinus