Rome's Gothic Wars: From The Third Century To Alaric (Key Conflicts Of Classical Antiquity) - Plot & Excerpts
This Res Gestae, which ran from A.D. 96 to 378 and is extant from 353, is our single most important source for fourth-century history and our most detailed treatment of the Adrianople campaign.Arrianc. 86–160, governor of Cappadocia under Hadrian, author of a famous history of Alexander the Great, and also the Order of Battle against the Alans (c. 135).Aurelius Victorgovernor of Pannonia Ⅱ (361) and prefect of Rome (389), author of a short epitome of Roman imperial history, the Caesars, running from Augustus to Constantius Ⅱ and completed in about 360, which is particularly important for the history of the later third and parts of the fourth century.Basil of Caesareac. 330–379, bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia and the most important Greek theologian of the later fourth century. His letters provide important information about the Gothic martyr Saba, as well as general statements about the conditions in Thrace in the chaotic years that preceded Adrianople.Cassiodorusc. 490–c. 585, official at the court of several Ostrogothic kings of Italy, most importantly Theodoric, before abandoning the Gothic cause around 537 and retiring to Constantinople.
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