Julian the Apostate (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 72 hours | |Short Description for Julian the Apostate This portrayal of one of antiquity's most enigmatic figures offers a vivid and compact assessment of the Apostate's life and reign. Proceeding directly from an evaluation of the ancient sources - the testimony of friends and enemies of Julian as well as the writings of the emperor himself - the author traces Julian's youth, his years as the commander of the Roman forces in Gaul, and his emergence ...
Full description- Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 01 April 1997
- Format: Paperback 152 pages
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- Categories: Biography: General | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780674488823 ISBN 10: 0674488822
- Sales rank: 1,085,681
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Full description for Julian the Apostate
This portrayal of one of antiquity's most enigmatic figures offers a vivid and compact assessment of the Apostate's life and reign. Proceeding directly from an evaluation of the ancient sources - the testimony of friends and enemies of Julian as well as the writings of the emperor himself - the author traces Julian's youth, his years as the commander of the Roman forces in Gaul, and his emergence as sole ruler in the course of a dramatic march to Constantinople. In Bowersock's analysis of Julian's religious revolution, the emperor's ardent espousal of a lost cause is seen to have made intolerable demands upon pagans, Jews, and Christians alike.
