num_pages: 528
description: The volume contains:Oration VI. To the Uneducated CynicsOration VII. To the Cynic HeracleiosOration VIII. Consolation upon the Departure of SallustLetter to Themistius the PhilosopherLetter to the Senate and People of AthensFragment of a Letter to a PriestThe CaesarsMisopogon, or, Beard-HaterIndexFlavius Claudius Iulianus "Apostate," lived 331/32 to 363. Born &amp; educated in Constantinople as a Chistian, after a precarious childhood he devoted himself to literature &amp; philosophy &amp; became a pagan, studying in various Greek cities. In 355 his cousin Emperor Constantius called him from Athens to the Milan court, entitled him "Caesar," &amp; made him governor of Gaul. Julian restored Gaul to prosperity &amp; good government after the ravages of the Alamanni (defeating them at Strassburg in 357) &amp; other Germans. Between 357 &amp; 361 Julian's own soldiers, refusing to serve in the East at Constantius's orders, nearly involved Julian in war with Constantius--who however died in 361 so that Julian became sole Emperor of the Roman world. He began reforms &amp; proclaimed universal toleration in religion but pressed for the restoration of pagan worships. In 362/63 he prepared at Constantinople, then at Antioch for an expedition against Persia ruled by Shapur II. He died of a wound received in battle. Julian's surviving works (lost are "Commentaries" on his western campaigns), all in Greek, are in the Loeb Classical Library in three volumes. The eight "Orations" (1-5 in Vol 1, 6-8 in Vol 2) include two in praise of Constantius, one praising Constantius' wife Eusebia, &amp; two theosophical hymns (in prose) or declamations, of interest for studies in neo-Platonism, Mithraism &amp; the cult of the Magna Mater. The satirical "Caesars" &amp; "Misopogon," Beard-hater, are also in Vol 2. "The Letters" (over 80, Vol 3) include edicts or rescripts, mostly about Xians, encyclical or pastoral letters to priests &amp; private letters. In Volume 3 are the fragments of the work "Against the Galilaeans", written mainly to show that evidence for the idea of Christianity isn't in the Old Testament.
language: Multiple languages
title: Julian 2: The Works of the Emperor Julian
titlecomplete: Julian 2: The Works of the Emperor Julian
genres: History
ratings_count: 24
publisher: Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA)