Excerpt from Ammianus Marcellinus, Vol. 1 of 3: With an English TranslationExcept for some of the reviews of my previous contributions to the L.C.L. It would be superuous to say that this is a translation and not a critical edition. Every serious student of the text must use the standard edition of C. U. Clark (berlin, vol.

I, 1910; vol. 11, part I, The translator has, however, attempted to examine all the available critical material, and has deviated in a number of instances from Clark's text, always with hesitation, except in the way of filling out lacunae. To shorten and simplify the critical notes (which are perhaps still too numerous) all instances have been omitted in which the earlier editions have made corrections of Codex V which are generally accepted.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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