Briefly the story of Julian's life may be told. When Constantine the Great died, in 337 A. D., his sons had Julian's father and all his kinsfolk, save his brother Gallus, cruelly and swiftly murdered.

A Revisionist Look at the Imperial Apostate. Dr. Greenwood, a specialist in the study of the “Apostate” Emperor Julian (r.361-363), has a revisionist view of the man, and not necessarily one as ...

In Julian Barnes’s novel, a student receives an unexpected legacy. Julian the Apostate may have been one of the less lurid Roman emperors, but he has nonetheless enjoyed a robust afterlife in art.

Books of Interest Lessons from the New Cold War: ... and successor Julian “The Apostate” (361-363) or the usurper Magnus Magnentius, murderer of Constans. Tapping a very impressive volume of sources, ...

Neil’s account of the Julian the Apostate’s life and influence, occupying almost a third of Barnes’ book, does prove that his son was wrong. But Neil soon comes to doubt its value as a way ...

St. Julian the Apostate. Lessons from the failed life of the Last Roman Pagan. Rod Dreher . Mar 24, 2015 12:09 PM.

The scene begins in the Persian desert in 363 A.D., when the last pagan emperor of Rome, who shares my name, Julian, subsequently known as Julian the Apostate, was killed.

BYZANTINE. By the same hand. (Encaustic, g.b.g. 7 x 9.) Representing the triumph of Christianity over Paganism. Saints Dicaterina and Mercurios, whose names are given, are spearing the Roman Emperors, ...

"Byzantine. By the same hand. (Encaustic, G.B.G. 7 x 9.) Representing the triumph of Christianity over Paganism. Saints Dicaterina and Mercurios, whose names are given, are spearing the Roman emperors ...