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| | TIMELINE 2nd CENTURY page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE |
 | | Telling his readers that his quest is to write the whole story, to record ad scientiam proficiet plenam ("with a view toward complete knowledge"), Ammianus describes wars, happenings at court, heroic acts, and the current state of the Roman empire, including growing turbulence along the frontiers. |
 | | The principle focus of his main written work, the Rerum gestarium, is the Persian campaign led by Julian the Apostate in AD 363, of which Ammianus provides an eyewitness account. |
 | | He later served under Julian in the campaign that saw the Emperor killed and the army defeated near Nisibis in the summer of 363. |
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