"In the generation after Constantine the Great elevated Christianity to a dominant position in the Roman Empire, his nephew, the Emperor Julian, sought to reinstate the old gods to their former place of prominence--in the face of intense opposition from the newly powerful Christ…
"A study of Emperor Julian's efforts to reverse his uncle Constantine's Christian revolution. A close study of Julian's works suggests that he was in many ways a typical Roman emperor, both pragmatic and rational, who employed his familiarity with Christianity in an attempt to s…
This book is not a biography of the Emperor Julian, nor a history of the late antique Roman army. Rather, its goal is to study the dynamic of the battles in which Julian was the protagonist during the brief span of his public life, which lasted only a little more than seven and …
"In diesem Band werden die interreligiösen Konflikte des 4. und 5. Jh. ausgehend von der Replik Contra Iulianum des Patriarchen von Alexandria, Kyrill, auf die antichristliche Schrift Contra Galilaeos des letzten heidnischen Kaisers Julian in den Blick genommen. Ein Schwerpunkt …
"Few Roman emperors enjoy such fame as Flavius Claudius Iulianus - although he was sole ruler of the Roman Empire for only eighteen months (361-363). Since his early death he has been known as Julian the Apostate - the nephew of Constantine the Great who in vain tried to reverse…
"Few Roman emperors enjoy such fame as Flavius Claudius Iulianus - although he was sole ruler of the Roman Empire for only eighteen months (361-363). Since his early death he has been known as Julian the Apostate - the nephew of Constantine the Great who in vain tried to reverse…
