Julian Augustus: Platonism, Myth, and the Refounding of Rome - Hardcover
by Jeremy Swist
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jeremy SwistSeries:Oxford Studies in Late AntiquityPublish date:9/26/2025Pages:376
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197787519ISBN-10:197787517UPC:9780197787519Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:AncientBook Topic:Greece, RomeSize:9.37 x 6.49 x 1.35 inchesWeight:1.411Product ID:SCJXAH6NFH
Julian Augustus: Platonism, Myth, and the Refounding of Rome
The Roman emperor Julian (r. 361-363 CE) was a man of action and of letters, which he employed in an effort to return the Empire to the light of the pagan gods, and reverse the Christianization of the empire advanced by his uncle Constantine and the sons of Constantine. This enterprise was inspired and guided by his conversion to the Neoplatonic philosophy and radical pagan Hellenism of...
Series: Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197787519ISBN-10:197787517UPC:9780197787519Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:AncientBook Topic:Greece, RomeSize:9.37 x 6.49 x 1.35 inchesWeight:1.411Product ID:SCJXAH6NFH
Jeremy Swist is a native of Boston, Massachusetts. He earned his BA in History and Latin from the University of Maine, and MA and PhD. in Classics from the University of Iowa. He has taught Greek and Roman language and civilization at Miami University, Xavier University, and Brandeis University. He now resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan, working as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at...
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