Julian: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor

The life and story of Julian the Apostate, Rome's last pagan Emperor. Living in a Christian era, Julian tried and failed to restore the worship of Rome's traditional Gods. This video explores the life and character of one of Rome's most enigmatic emperors. Enjoy!
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Sources:
6.46 - Julian, Orations 1.18b
8.11 – Eutropius, Epitome of Roman History 10.9
39.09 – Julian, Letter to Ecdicius the Prefect of Egypt
43.37 - Alexander E (2022) On Rome and the Gods, the Life and Work of Emperor Julian pg 194
44.16 – Julian, To the Uneducated Cynics/To the Cynic Heraclius
45.43 – Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 22.3
46.10 – Eutropius, Epitome of Roman History 10.9
49.26 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 14.1
49.31 – Libanius, Autobiography and Letters
51.07 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 14.7
1.03.6 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 16.5
1.05.8 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 17.3
1.12.43 – Zosimus, New History 3.1.3
1.19.18 – Potter, D (2004) The Roman Empire at Bay pg 486
1.21.43 – Freedman, P (2023) Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor pg 55
1.25.14 – Plutarch, Life of Sulla 21.2
1.25.30 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 16.12
1.26.52 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 16.12
1.27.21 – Zosimus, New History 3.3.3
1.31.30 – Julian, On the Heroic Deeds of the Emperor Constantius
1.33.06 Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 21.16
1.42.23 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 17.5
1.44.09 – Zosimus, New History 3.11.2
1.55.3 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 21.15
1.58.38 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 22.3
1.59.51 – Libanius, Funeral Oration over Julian 169/ Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 22.3
2.0.30 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 20.11
2.06.50 – Julian, Letter to His Uncle Julian 29
2.08.24 – Julian, Panegyric to Eusebia
2.08.43 – Freedman, P (2023) Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
2.11.53 – Libanius, Funeral Oration over Julian 169-170
2.19.03 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 22.5
2.19.51 – Jones, A.H.M (1966) The Decline of the Ancient World pg 59
2.24.6 – Julian, Letter to Atarbius
2.29.43 – Wright, K.J (2017) The Last Pagan Emperor: The Philosophy and Policy of Julian's Religious Programme pg 8
2.38.30 – Julian, Letter to Edicius
2.40.34 – Libanius, Letters 1402.3
2.41.20 – Socrates, Ecclesiastical History 3.21
2.44.56 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 22.9
2.45.50 – Julian, Misopogon 368c
2.46.20 – Libanius, Funeral Oration over Julian 182-183/ Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 22.14
2.47.33 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 22.14
2.49.3 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 22.13
2.50.38 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 22.14
2.58.36 – Cyril of Alexandria, Against Julian
3.01.30 – Sozoman, Ecclesiastical History 5.17/Gregory of Nazianzus, orations 4.66
3.03.06 – Theodoret, Ecclesiastical History 3.16
3.03.22 Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 23.5
3.03.53 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History (The whole narrative of the Persian expedition is based on Ammianus Marcellinus’ account, which differs somewhat from the version of events depicted in other sources like Zosimus)
3.09.09 - Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History 24.3