L300 - Ammianus Marcellinus -- Roman History I

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by  Ammianus Marcellinus

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THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY
lOUNDED ItY JAMES LOEB, LL.D.
EDITED BY
T. E. PAGE, C.H., LITT.D.
E. CAPPS, PH.D., LL.D. W. H. D. ROUSE, litt.d.
AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS
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The Ackhenza Bust
Supposed bysomeinheaportraitofJulian
This bust, slightly more than life size and made of the local
limestone, stood for many years on the gable of the cathedral of
Acerenza (Aceruntia), near Horace's birthplace; it is now preserved
in the sacristy of the chinch. It was formerly regarded by the
natives as an image of St. Peter. Thatit might represent Julian
was first suggested byLenormant in 1883; his opinionwasaccepted
by some, but is now generally rejected by the best authorities; for
although the bust is probably a work of the foiu-th century, it
'does not at all correspond with Ammianus' description of Julian
(xxv. 4, 22), or with the coins and a sardonyx gem, which seem to
give the onlyauthentic portraits of the emperor.^
11amindebtedforafullaccount of the literature on tlie subject to
Dr George M. A. Hanfmann,Kesearch Fellow of Harvard University,
and Professor David M. Kobinson, of Johns Hopkins University.
A M M A N U S
I
MARCELLINUS
WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
JOHN ROLFE
C.
PH.D., LITT.D.
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