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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. This 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. This volume also includes an up-to-date, consolidated bibliography.

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Author:   Nicholas John Baker-Brian ,  Dr. Shaun Tougher
Publisher:   Classical Press of Wales
Imprint:   Classical Press of Wales
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.842kg
ISBN:  

9781905125500

ISBN 10:   190512550
Pages:   380
Publication Date:   06 September 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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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

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

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