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The Julian Romance is fictionalized prose account of the reign of the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate. It was written sometime between Julian's death in 363 and the copying of the oldest known manuscript in the sixth century.
Julian's mother died shortly after he was born, and he spent his childhood in Constantinople, forming a lasting attachment to the city. [10] Julian was probably raised with Greek as his first language, [9] and, being the nephew of Rome's first Christian emperor, he was brought up under the Christian faith. [10] Rome solidus minted c. 356.
Upon the death of Helena, Julian's wife and Constantius's sister, and in the face of Constantius's ever-increasing manic paranoia, Julian undertakes a short rebellion against Constantius, which ends bloodlessly, with Constantius's natural death during the journey to confront Julian, and Julian's accession to the title of Augustus.
The formidable defenses and strong garrison of the fortress of Maiozamalcha, determined Julian to effect its capture. A train of catapults and siege engines had attended the emperor's march through Assyria, and Julian employed them in vain against the impregnable fortifications; the frontal assault turned out to be a distraction from his real device.
Julian portrayed Christians as apostates from Judaism, which the Emperor considered to be a very old and established religion that should be fully accepted. After Julian's death in battle in 363, the essay was anathematized, and even the text was lost. Julian's arguments are only known second-hand, through texts written by Christian authors.
After the death of his first wife, Julius Constantius married a Greek woman [7] [8] Basilina, the daughter of the governor of Egypt, Julius Julianus. [9] Basilina gave him another son, the future emperor Julian , but died before her husband in 332/333.
Julian Robert Stanley Holloway (24 June 1944 – 16 February 2025) was a British actor. [1] He was the son of comedy actor and singer Stanley Holloway and former chorus dancer and actress Violet Lane. He was the father of author and former model Sophie Dahl.
Giuliano l'Apostata is a 1919 Italian historical drama film directed by Ugo Falena, starring Guido Graziosi and Ileana Leonidoff.Set in the 4th century, it is a biographical film about the Roman Emperor Julian, known as Julian the Apostate for his rejection of Christianity.