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Was Ammianus Marcellinus considered the last major historian of antiquity?

  • Yes

  • No, Procopius was the last

  • No, Herodotus was the last

  • No, Thucydides was the last

Answer

Ammianus Marcellinus was not the last major historian of antiquity, as he died in 395 AD. The last major historian of antiquity was Procopius, who died in 565 AD. Procopius was a Byzantine historian who wrote extensively about the reign of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I.
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