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The Last Pagan: Julian the Apostate and the Death of the Ancient World
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Hardcover
from Sutton Pub Ltd (January 1, 2004)
9780750932950 | details & prices | 288 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Examines Julian's emergence as the sole survivor of a political dynasty soaked in blood and traces his journey from an aristocratic Christian childhood to his intiation into pagan cults.
About: Examines Julian's emergence as the sole survivor of a political dynasty soaked in blood and traces his journey from an aristocratic Christian childhood to his intiation into pagan cults.
Paperback
from Inner Traditions (April 18, 2008)
9781594772269 | details & prices | 260 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.74 lbs | List price $18.95
About: A history of Julian, the grandson of Constantine, and his failed attempt to reverse the Christian tide that swept the Roman Empire ⢠Portrays the âApostateâ as a poet-philosopher, arguing that had he survived, Christianity would have been checked in its rise ⢠Details reforms enacted by Julian during his two-year reign that marginalized Christians, effectively limiting their role in the social and political life of the Empire ⢠Shows how after Julianâs death the Church used paganism to represent evil and opposition to God, a tactic whose traces still linger The violent death of the emperor Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus, AD 332-363) on a Persian battlefield has become synonymous with the death of paganism.
About: A history of Julian, the grandson of Constantine, and his failed attempt to reverse the Christian tide that swept the Roman Empire ⢠Portrays the âApostateâ as a poet-philosopher, arguing that had he survived, Christianity would have been checked in its rise ⢠Details reforms enacted by Julian during his two-year reign that marginalized Christians, effectively limiting their role in the social and political life of the Empire ⢠Shows how after Julianâs death the Church used paganism to represent evil and opposition to God, a tactic whose traces still linger The violent death of the emperor Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus, AD 332-363) on a Persian battlefield has become synonymous with the death of paganism.