The Last Pagan: Julian the Apostate and the Death of the Ancient World

by Murdoch, Adrian

• ISBN13: 9781594772269
• ISBN10: 1594772266
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-18
• Publisher: Inner Traditions

Summary

The violent death of the emperor Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus, AD 332-363) on a Persian battlefield has become synonymous with the death of paganism. Vilified throughout history as the "Apostate," the young philosopher-warrior was the last and arguably the most potent threat to Christianity.

Author Biography

Adrian Murdoch is a historian and journalist. He is the author of Rome’s Greatest Defeat: Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest and The Last Roman, a biography of Romulus Augustulus, the Western Roman Empire’s final emperor. He lives in England.

Table of Contents

List of Plates and Maps	p. vi
Acknowledgments	p. viii
A Note on Names	p. ix
Introduction: The Brittle Glass	p. 1
Return of the Gods	p. 9
A Written Order	p. 37
Heart of Fire	p. 56
Out of the Darkness	p. 76
The Shadow of Sacred Plumes	p. 96
Sung in Vain	p. 118
Nothing in Excess, Augustus	p. 128
Where King Nebuchadnezzar Grazed	p. 148
Present Opportunity	p. 161
Toward the Islands of the Blest	p. 182
Epilogue: By the Silvery Kydnos	p. 197
Notes	p. 219
Selected Bibliography	p. 238
Index	p. 249
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