In the twilight of the Roman Empire, a young historian named Ammianus Marcellinus embarked on an extraordinary journey that would bear witness to the empire's final days. Starting from Antioch in the East, he traversed war-torn provinces, witnessing firsthand the tumultuous events that unfolded. From the Gothic invasions of Thrace to the civil wars that ravaged Rome itself, Ammianus chronicled the empire's decline with a keen eye for detail and a sense of foreboding. His writings, preserved in his seminal work, "Res Gestae," offer a poignant account of the end of an era, capturing the grandeur and tragedy of a once-mighty civilization as it succumbed to barbarian incursions, political instability, and economic turmoil.
