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Rerum Gestarum Libri

The Rerum Gestarum Libri of Ammianus Marcellinus, known as the Res Gestae, is a Latin history of the fourth-century Roman Empire. It was written in the late 380s (dating stuff) General consensus is that the work was at one time composed of 31 books which began at the accession of the emperor Nerva in 96 and ended at the death of Valens in 378; the first thirteen books have been lost, and the surviving eighteen books cover the years 353-378.