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The Julian Romance is a late antique Syriac romance of Julian's reign from a hostile Christian perspective. [152] In 1681 Lord Russell, an outspoken opponent of King Charles II of England and his brother The Duke of York, got his chaplain to write a Life of Julian the Apostate.
Against the Galileans (Ancient Greek: Κατὰ Γαλιλαίων; Latin: Contra Galilaeos), meaning Christians, was a Greek polemical essay written by the Roman emperor Julian, commonly known as Julian the Apostate, during his short reign (361–363).
The Julian Romance is divided into three parts. The first part is a narrative of the Constantinian dynasty from the death of Constantine the Great (337) until the accession of Julian the Apostate (361) and the ensuing Julianic persecution of Christians. The second part is a narrative of the opposition of Eusebius of Rome to the persecution.
"The Death of Julian the Apostate in a Christian Legend". The Journal of Roman Studies. 27: 22– 29. doi:10.2307/297183. ISSN 0075-4358. JSTOR 297183. S2CID 162248976. "Dying Badly: Imperial Misfortune in the Month of June". The Index of Medieval Art. 20 June 2017
Julian was Roman co-emperor since 355, and ruled solely for 18 months 361–363. Known to Christians as "Julian the Apostate", he was a nephew of Constantine the Great and received a Christian training. Following the death of Constantine, he witnessed the assassination of his father, brother and other family members by the guards of the ...
Constantius's successor, Julian, known in the Christian world as Julian the Apostate, was a philosopher who upon becoming emperor renounced Christianity and embraced a Neo-platonic and mystical form of paganism shocking the Christian establishment. While not actually outlawing Christianity, he became intent on re-establishing the prestige of ...
Basil of Ancyra was a Christian martyr who was killed during the reign of Julian the Apostate (331–362). He is not to be confused with the hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra, who was also martyred during the reign of Emperor Julian.
For his part, Julian is a searching soul and wants answers to the central questions of life. He is visited by his childhood friend Agathon, who is an honest Christian. Julian, on the other hand, is in love with ancient Greece and asks himself why Christianity has destroyed the beauty of Greek thought. He follows his teacher Libanius to Athens.