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  1. Julian (emperor) Julian in a solidus minted at Antioch. Julian [i] ( Latin: Flavius Claudius Julianus; Greek: Ἰουλιανός Ioulianos; 331 – 26 June 363) was the Caesar of the West from 355 to 360 and Roman emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek. His rejection of Christianity, and his promotion of ...

  2. Mar 18, 2024 · Julian (born ad 331/332, Constantinople—died June 26/27, 363, Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia) was a Roman emperor from ad 361 to 363, nephew of Constantine the Great, and a noted scholar and military leader who was proclaimed emperor by his troops. A persistent enemy of Christianity, he publicly announced his conversion to paganism in 361, thus ...

  3. Julian was only sole emperor for little over 18 months, and an ambitious campaign against the Sassanid Empire cost him his life and threw the empire into turmoil. Julian was the last non-Christian Roman emperor, but his reign was far too short for him to make an impact on his goal to restore Rome to its halcyon days of Pagan glory.

  4. Julian the Apostate. Flavius Claudius Iulianus, also known as Julian the Apostate, was the last pagan Roman Emperor. Flavius Claudius Iulianus (331–June 26, 363), was a Roman Emperor (361–363) of the Constantinian dynasty. He was the last pagan Roman Emperor, and tried to promote the Roman religious traditions of earlier centuries as a ...

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  5. www.britannica.com › summary › Julian-Roman-emperorJulian summary | Britannica

    Julian the Apostate, detail of a marble statue; in the Louvre, Paris. Julian, or Julian the Apostate Latin Julianus Apostata orig. Flavius Claudius Julianus, (born ad 331/332, Constantinople—died June 26/27, 363, Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia), Roman emperor (361–363), noted scholar and military leader. The nephew of Constantine I, he was raised a ...

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  7. May 10, 2021 · The Last Pagan Emperor. Julian the Apostate was the last pagan emperor of the Roman Empire, as his successors reinstated and solidified Christianity as the dominant religion of the empire following his death. Shortly after, in December AD 361, Julian entered Constantinople as the sole emperor of the Roman world.

  8. Julian was the Caesar of the West from 355 to 360 and Roman emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek. His rejection of Christianity, and his promotion of Neoplatonic Hellenism in its place, caused him to be remembered as Julian the Apostate in Christian tradition. He is sometimes referred to as Julian the Philosopher.