Emperor and Author

The Writings of Julian the 'Apostate'

Author: Nicholas Baker-Brian and Sean Tougher Series: The Roman World

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This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis in English of all the writings of Julian (r. AD 361-363), the last pagan emperor of Rome, noted for his frontal and self-conscious challenge to Christianity. The book also contains treatments of Julian's laws, inscriptions, coinage, as well as his artistic programme. Across nineteen papers, international specialists in the field of Late Antique Studies offer original interpretations of an extraordinary figure: emperor and philosopher, soldier and accomplished writer. Julian, his life and writings, are here considered as parts of the tumult in politics, culture and religion during the Fourth Century AD. New light is shed on Julian's distinctive literary style and imperial agenda. The volume also includes an up-to-date, consolidated bibliography.

Critic Reviews

“This is a volume that ought to be read by any student of Julian and, indeed, by any student of late antiquity.”

-- Hagith Sivan, University of Kansas Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2013.04.24 "I heartily recommend this work to all who are interested in fourth-century ecclesiastical history, and particularly to scholars studying the religious conflict of the era." -- David Neal Greenwood, University of Edinburgh Anglican Theological Review (ATR) 95:3