The True Story of Julien.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 15801 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 208 p., 2 maps, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2012 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251040127 |
Emperor for only one year and eight months, Julian the Apostate (332–363) is listed as a persecutor of the Church, a unique case in the history of late antique emperors. Self-proclaimed son of Helios, devoting boundless adoration to the ancient gods and Greek philosophy, he attempted to lead his empire by following the enlightened reason and conquering courage of his two great role models, Marcus Aurelius and Alexander the Great. He is one of the few emperors to have punctuated his experience of power with theological and philosophical treatises written in the midst of turmoil. Enough letters have also come down to us to provide an astonishing testimony to the very role of master of an immense and loosely knit empire on the eve of the great invasions. Ammianus Marcellinus, Gregory of Nazianzus, Libanius, Zosimus, and Mamertin tell us about it.
Emperor for only one year and eight months, Julian the Apostate (332–363) is listed as a persecutor of the Church, a unique case in the history of late antique emperors. Self-proclaimed son of Helios, devoting boundless adoration to the ancient gods and Greek philosophy, he attempted to lead his empire by following the enlightened reason and conquering courage of his two great role models, Marcus Aurelius and Alexander the Great. He is one of the few emperors to have punctuated his experience of power with theological and philosophical treatises written in the midst of turmoil. Enough letters have also come down to us to provide an astonishing testimony to the very role of master of an immense and loosely knit empire on the eve of the great invasions. Ammianus Marcellinus, Gregory of Nazianzus, Libanius, Zosimus, and Mamertin tell us about it.