Ammianus Marcellinus : an annotated bibliography, 1474 to the present

683 Pages·2017·2.348 MB·English

by  Jenkins, Fred W.

Ammianus Marcellinus
AnAnnotatedBibliography,1474tothePresent
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Ammianus Marcellinus
An Annotated Bibliography
1474 to the Present
By
FredW.Jenkins
LEIDEN•BOSTON
2017
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CONTENTS
Introduction............................................................ ix
ListofAbbreviationsandURLs......................................... xv
1 Bibliographies..................................................... 1
2 Editions........................................................... 13
3 Translations....................................................... 30
4 Commentaries .................................................... 38
5 Concordances,Indexes,andLexica ............................... 46
6 Websites .......................................................... 48
7 SecondaryStudiesbefore1800 .................................... 49
8 SecondaryStudies,1800–1899..................................... 66
9 SecondaryStudies,1900–1999..................................... 133
10 SecondaryStudies,2000–2016..................................... 430
IndexofAuthors........................................................ 607
IndexofSubjects ....................................................... 640

INTRODUCTION
ὡςμήτετὰγενόμεναἐξἀνθρώπωντῷχρόνῳἐξίτηλαγένηται
Herodotus1.1
WhyaBibliography?
WhenIfirstencounteredAmmianusasagraduatestudentmorethanthirty
years ago the literature seemed manageable. Not only has the volume of
scholarship grown geometrically over the intervening years, but also one
gradually discovers how much did not find its way into the standard bib-
liographical sources such as L’anneephilologique and how much of what
didwasnotsufficientlyanalyzedtocalltherelevantcontenttoouratten-
tion. Much has been published in regions not well covered by L’année
philologique, such as Eastern Europe and Latin America. New interests in
receptionstudiesandthehistoryofscholarshiphaveexpandedtherangeof
therelevant.TheWebhasmademuchmorescholarshipavailable,butnot
necessarily easy to find. One cannot find everything worth finding with a
Googlesearch.
Asidefromsurveysthatarehighlyselectiveorcoverabriefspanofyears,
therehasbeenonlyonepreviousbibliographyofAmmianus.KlausRosen’s
AmmianusMarcellinus(B1982-02)focusesonthemiddleyearsofthetwen-
tiethcentury,withscantattentiontoworksof thenineteenthcenturyand
earlier.Also,Rosenwroteatthebeginningof themodernboominAmmi-
anusstudies;almostasmuchhasbeenpublishedsincethenasinthewhole
timebefore.WolfgangSeyfarth’sTeubnereditionof Ammianus(E1978-01)
alsoincludesasubstantialbibliography,onethatprovidesmoregenerous
coverageofearlierliterature.Yetitisabarelistingofcitations,andalsofalls
beforethegreatexpansionofAmmianusstudies.Morerecently,GavinKelly
(B2011-01)surveyedtheliteratureforOxfordBibliographiesOnline.Whilehe
provides an excellent guide to the high points of Ammianus scholarship,
Kellyishighlyselectiveandprovidesverybriefannotations.
Myforemostpurposeincompilingthisbibliographyhasbeentomake
it easier for scholars and students of Ammianus to do their research. A
second purpose, no less important, has been to compile as complete as
possiblearecordofscholarshiponAmmianus,sothatthecontributionsof
ourpredecessors,greatandhumblealike,donotfallintooblivion.Classics,
asbefitsagreathumanisticenterprise,hasalwaysvalueditspast.Ihopethat
thistraditionwillendureinsaeculasaeculorum.
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x introduction
WhatisCovered?
IhavebegunwithSabinus’editioprincepsof 1474,thelastitemsincluded
arefrom2016;coverageof thelastfewyearswillinevitablybeincomplete.
ObviouslyIhaveincludedallworksthathaveAmmianusinthetitle,thatare
primarilyaboutAmmianus,orthatdevotesignificantspacetoAmmianus
and/ormakeasignificantcontribution.AllworksindexedunderAmmianus
inL’annéephilologiqueareincluded,eveniftheattentiondevotedtohimis
nugatory; the very few exceptions to this are works that have nothing on
Ammianusandwereapparentlyindexedunderhimbymistake.Historical
worksthatuseAmmianusasasourcearenormallyincludedonlyifthereis
somesignificantdiscussionof him.Themoreextensiveexistingbibliogra-
phiesof Ammianus,suchasRosenandSeyfarth,includemanyperipheral
backgroundworks,importantforunderstandingAmmianusbutnotactu-
allyabouthim.Mycoverageofthesegreyareasisselectiveandnotalways
coextensivewiththatofothers.
Aside from editions and commentaries, the literature before 1800 is
largelyterraincognita.ManyworksmentionorciteAmmianus,someengage
with him significantly, but few are primarily about him. I have tried to
include anything with significant content on Ammianus or that has been
influential on later studies of him. Some works with very limited content
of direct relevance have been included as illustrative of attitudes toward
Ammianusatvarioustimes.Intheend,Ihavemadesomechoicesthatoth-
ersmayhavemadeotherwise,butIhopethatitwillgiveafairpictureof
Ammianeanstudiesfrom1500to1800.
I have made a special effort to cover regions largely neglected in tradi-
tional classical bibliography. Readers will find many works from Eastern
EuropeandLatinAmerica,aswellasafewfromJapan,Turkey,andArmenia.
These often represent different perspectives and theoretical orientations;
it is well worth the time to become familiar with them. Likewise, I have
includedallthesesanddissertationsonAmmianusthathavecometomy
attention.Somearereadilyavailableindigitalform,othersonlyinprinted
copiesinthearchivesoftheinstitutionwheretheywerewritten,andafew
appeartosurviveonlythroughpublishedcitations.
SomeTrendsinWorkonAmmianus
From Sabinus’ editio princeps (E1474-01) until well past 1900, much work
on Ammianus focused on providing a readable text and basic exegesis.