An excerpt from the Roman History XIV.16, from the Davis translation, in which Ammianus criticizes Rome as shallow and culturally empty.

Latin text of Res Gestae a Fine Corneli Taciti, as well as a list of related sites.

Paper by Jan Willem Drijvers of the University of Groningen considering Marcellinus' digression on the Black Sea in the Res Gestae as a literary rather than reference piece.

Excerpt from the Yonge 1862 translation (History, XXXI.12-14), on the Roman defeat.