Commentaries -- Jan Willem Drijvers

A complete philological and historical commentary on the Res Gestae is still not available. There are commentaries now on Books 14-19 by P. de Jonge and on Books 19-25 by J. den Boeft et al. Moreover, there are commentaries on aspects of Ammianus' work, like Brok's commentary on Julian's Persian expedition or the one by Szidat on the first phase of Julian's imperial rule. The Budé edition of Ammianus' text contains elaborate notes.

Commentaries

- P. de Jonge, Sprachlicher und Historischer Kommentar zu Ammianus Marcellinus XIV, Groningen 1935-1939 (repr. 1972)
- P. de Jonge, Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XV-XIX, Groningen 1948-1982
- J. den Boeft, D. den Hengst, H.C. Teitler, Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XX-XXI, Groningen 1987, 1991
- J. den Boeft, J.W. Drijvers, D. den Hengst, H.C. Teitler, Philological and Historical Commentaries on Ammianus Marcellinus XXII-XXIII, Groningen 1995, 1998
- J. den Boeft, J.W. Drijvers, D. den Hengst, H.C. Teitler, Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXIV-XXV-XXVI-XXVII, Leiden 2001, 2005, 2008, 2009
- M.F.A. Brok, De Perzische expeditie van keizer Julianus volgens Ammianus Marcellinus, Groningen 1959
- Joachim Szidat, Historischer Kommentar zu Ammianus Marcellinus Buch XX-XXI (Historia Einzelschriften 31, 38, 39), Wiesbaden/Stuttgart 1977-1996
- Pia van der Wiel, Hoofdstukken uit de Geschiedenis van Rome in Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae, Amsterdam 1989 (Ph.D. thesis)