A historian and a ruler. Reality’s interpretation


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The author of this article tries to examine, how the prominent Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus represents the rule of Constantius II who is treated in Ancient Studies rather ambiguously.

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Irina Ermolova
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation


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For citation: Ermolova I. A historian and a ruler. Reality’s interpretation. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2017;(10-1):40-46. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2017-10-1-40-46

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