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Emperor Julian (eBook)

The moving tale of the eight years of Julian's rule, from his elevation to Caesar by his uncle Constantine in AD 357, to his heroic death in Persia in AD 363. During this time, the retiring and bookish boy grows into a military commander, against all odds clears Gaul of the Germanic invaders, challenges his uncle for power, becomes emperor, throws off his Christian disguise, returns to the worship of the ancient gods, and initiates a vast array of ambitious social, economic, educational and religious reforms. His triumphant invasion of Persia is cut short by his tragic death, leaving us with the puzzling question: how would the history of the world have turned had Julian ruled for another twenty years?

Unlike other biographers of this fascinating figure, Krawczuk does not focus on his administrative reforms or on the prospects of Julian's religious program but on Julian the man: the writer of thousands of letters, the lover of books, the earnest striver for virtue, the loyal friend of loyal friends. The tale is told largely in the voices of the age: the rhetors, scholars, philosophers, theologians, priests and historians who witnessed the events first hand, sometimes even shaped them; and above all, in Julian's own voice: his letters, essays, speeches and edicts, through which we get to learn intimately one of the most interesting and attractive personalities of antiquity

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