Newly excavated extension of the Western Wall with inscriptions. (Photo by Geoffrey Clarfield). I first set foot in Jerusalem ...
On Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor by Philip Freeman. What if the Roman Empire had not remained Christian and instead returned to paganism? The course of nearly two thousand years of Western history ...
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The writings of the emperor Julian (331–363) reveal an author who was familiar with Greek literature in all its forms, including fictional narratives. He defended Greek myths, such as the story of ...
JULIAN by Gore Vidal. 503 pages. Little, Brown. $6.95. No odder figure ever guided the destinies of the Holy Roman Empire than the Emperor Julian Augustus (circa 331-363), known as Julian the Apostate ...