Author(s)

Zhongqi Du

Corresponding Author

Zhongqi Du

ABSTRACT

Christianity crashed with Ammianus Marcellinus' traditional Roman values during the crisis of the 4th century, while the empire slowly strolled to its end. This paper explores the latent factors that had shaped the paganistic historian's conception, his ideal as well as his position in the throes of the change. This paper aims at rediscovering the long-neglected historian who stood for such a critical era, which is beneficial to scholars to understand this topic deeper. By employing 11 articles searched from Google Scholar, this research finally drawed the conclusion that the historian had been way beyond his era by his truthful narration and pragmatic approach.

KEYWORDS

Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman antiquity, Paganism, Christianity, Historical conception