Julian the Apostate
Julian the Apostate (Flavius Claudius Julianus) (331-363 AD) was a Roman Emperor whose reign marked a brief resurgence of paganism within the predominantly Christian Roman Empire. Born into the Constantinian dynasty, Julian received a Christian upbringing but later embraced Neoplatonism and a revived paganism, earning him the epithet ‘the Apostate’ from Christian sources. His religious … Read more