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Did Ammianus Marcellinus serve as a soldier?

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Ammianus Marcellinus was a Roman historian and a soldier. He served in the Roman army for many years, and he used his experiences as a soldier to write his history of the Roman Empire. His history is one of the most important sources of information about the Roman Empire in the 4th century.
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