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Ammianus in a sentence

Using Ammianus

  • In the example corpus, ammianus often appears in combinations such as: ammianus marcellinus, ammianus gives, ammianus wrote.

Context around Ammianus

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 14 start, 5 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

death 1× wrote 1×

Often after:

marcellinus 10× gives 2× accompanied 1× explanation 1× refers 1× reports 1× wrote 1× believed 1× history 1×

Sentence patterns with Ammianus

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

ammianus marcellinus res 5× ammianus marcellinus historiae 2× 6 8 ammianus marcellinus historiae 1× ammianus explanation of 1× ammianus marcellinus even 1× ammianus marcellinus in 1× ammianus refers to 1× ammianus reports that 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

ammianus marcellinus res 5× ammianus marcellinus historiae 2× after julian s 1× ammianus explanation of 1× ammianus marcellinus even 1× ammianus marcellinus in 1×

Common sentence endings:

accustomed to war 1× allegiance of others 1× axeman wrote ammianus 1× back to gaul 1× beards is wrong 1× below the walls 1×

Words around Ammianus

Just before it in the word index:

ammiano 3 ammi 9 ammeters 10 ammeter 11 ammermann 2 ammerman 2

Just after it in the word index:

ammies 3 ammika 11 ammil 2 ammine 2 ammiq 2 ammirati 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdollahian 38 abergavenny 38 abounded 38 accrual 38 acetylene 38 adedeji 38

Corpus analysis for Ammianus

  • In this selection, "ammianus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, death, wrote, marcellinus, gives and accompanied stand out and add context to how "ammianus" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include ammianus marcellinus res and ammianus marcellinus historiae. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ammianus" sits close to words such as abdollahian, abergavenny and abounded, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ammianus

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Ammianus' explanation of the thin beards is wrong. (8 words)

From here, Ammianus gives two accounts of Valens' demise. (9 words)

Ammianus reports that they wore these clothes until the clothes fell to pieces. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, 22.14.3 As David S. Potter says: They expected a man who was both removed from them by the awesome spectacle of imperial power, and would validate their interests and desires by sharing them from his Olympian height (. (43 words)

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae, 16.12.64–65 Rather than chase the routed enemy across the Rhine, Julian now proceeded to follow the Rhine north, the route he followed the previous year on his way back to Gaul. (38 words)

In this context the use of Alemanni is possibly an anachronism but it reveals that Ammianus believed they were the same people, which is consistent with the location of the Alemanni of Caracalla's campaigns. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Ammianus Marcellinus, Historiae, book 31, chapter 13. Aftermath The Goths immediately marched to the city of Adrianople and attempted to take it; Ammianus gives a detailed account of their failure.

After Julian's death, Ammianus accompanied retreat of the new emperor Jovian as far as Antioch.

A. H. M. Jones writes that Constantius "appears in the pages of Ammianus as a conscientious emperor but a vain and stupid man, an easy prey to flatterers.

Ammianus' explanation of the thin beards is wrong.

Ammianus Marcellinus even suggested that the fear of Julian gaining more popularity than himself caused Constantius to send the order on the urging of Florentius.

Ammianus Marcellinus, Historiae, book 31, chapter 12. Richomeres, sent by Gratian, carried a letter asking Valens to wait for the arrival of reinforcements from Gratian before engaging in battle.

Ammianus Marcellinus in history, Quintus Aurelius Symmachus in oratory, and Ausonius and Rutilius Claudius Namatianus in poetry all wrote with great talent.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae, 16.12.64–65 Rather than chase the routed enemy across the Rhine, Julian now proceeded to follow the Rhine north, the route he followed the previous year on his way back to Gaul.

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Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae, 20.4.1–2 The troops proclaimed Julian Augustus in Paris, and this in turn led to a very swift military effort to secure or win the allegiance of others.

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, 22.12.1–2 Illustration from The Fall of Princes by John Lydgate (which is a translation of De Casibus Virorum Illustribus by Giovanni Boccaccio ) depicting "the skyn of Julyan".

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, 22.14.1 Julian's ascetic lifestyle was not popular either, since his subjects were accustomed to the idea of an all-powerful Emperor who placed himself well above them.

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, 22.14.3 As David S. Potter says: They expected a man who was both removed from them by the awesome spectacle of imperial power, and would validate their interests and desires by sharing them from his Olympian height (.

Ammianus refers to a great number of Roman soldiers who had not been let into the city and who fought the besieging Goths below the walls.

Ammianus reports that they wore these clothes until the clothes fell to pieces.

Ammianus wrote that the councilmen shirked their duties by bribing unwitting men in the marketplace to do the job for them.

Eastern Notitia Dignitatum, parts 5, 6, & 8. Ammianus Marcellinus, Historiae, book 31, chapters 7 & 11. Valens' army included units of veterans, men accustomed to war.

From here, Ammianus gives two accounts of Valens' demise.

In this context the use of Alemanni is possibly an anachronism but it reveals that Ammianus believed they were the same people, which is consistent with the location of the Alemanni of Caracalla's campaigns.

It wasn't until 1533 that the last five books of Ammianus' history were put into print by Silvanus Otmar and edited by Mariangelus Accursius.

Julian gained no admiration for his personal involvement in the sacrifices, only the nickname axeman, wrote Ammianus.

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Common combinations with ammianus

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