# Ammianus Marcellinus 1935: Roman History (Res Gestae), Book 17

> Ammianus Marcellinus, 1935. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Primary text: Ammianus gives the island "more extensive than all Europe" swallowed…

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# Roman History, Book 17

Ammianus Marcellinus, 1935. _Ammianus Marcellinus, vol. 1 (Loeb Classical Library)_.

At 17.7.13, in a digression on earthquakes after the destruction of Nicomedia, Ammianus says the gaping kind swallowed "in the Atlantic Ocean an island more extensive than all Europe".

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## What it's used for here

Primary text: Ammianus gives the island "more extensive than all Europe" swallowed in the Atlantic as an example of a gaping earthquake (17.7.13).

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Every later ancient writer reviewed here who repeats Plato puts Atlantis at sea, in the Atlantic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCPB804S9YE/every-later-ancient-writer-reviewed-here-who-repeats-plato)

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[The Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara)

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## Cite it

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Ammianus Marcellinus (1935). Roman History, Book 17. Ammianus Marcellinus, vol. 1 (Loeb Classical Library). https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Ammian/17*.html
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