Julian the Apostate

by Bowersock, G. W.

• ISBN13: 9780674488823
• ISBN10: 0674488822
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-25
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

Summary

This portrayal of one of antiquity's most enigmatic figures offers a vivid and compact assessment of the Apostate's life and reign. Proceeding directly from an evaluation of the ancient sources--the testimony of friends and enemies of Julian as well as the writings of the emperor himself--the author traces Julian's youth, his years as the commander of the Roman forces in Gaul, and his emergence as sole ruler in the course of a dramatic march to Constantinople. In Bowersock's analysis of Julian's religious revolution, the emperor's ardent espousal of a lost cause is seen to have made intolerable demands upon pagans, Jews, and Christians alike.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vi	(1)
Acknowledgments	vii	(1)
Gibbon and Cavafy Julian	viii-ix	(1)
Prologue	xi
1 Approaching the Reign	1	(11)
2 The Personality of the Emperor	12	(9)
3 The Heritage of Adolescence	21	(12)
4 Gaul	33	(13)
5 The Acclamation at Paris	46	(9)
6 The Mask Removed	55	(11)
7 Justice and Reform	66	(13)
8 The Puritanical Pagan	79	(15)
9 Antioch	94	(12)
Appendix i : The Chronology of the Attempt to Rebuild the Jewish Temple	120	(3)
Appendix ii : The Inscription at Ma'ayan Barukh	123	(2)
Appendix iii : The Author of On the Gods and the Universe	125	(1)
Bibliography	126	(5)
Index	131