JVLIAN II THE APOSTATE
Reigned: 361-363 A.D.
| FLAVIVS CLAVDIVS IVLIANVS was born in late 331 to Basilina, the second wife of Julius Constantius, the half-brother of Constantine I. He was named a Caesar by Constantius II on November 6, 355 and was sent to Gaul. When Constantius II ordered some of his troops to the eastern front, they rebelled and hailed Julian as Augustus in the spring of 360. When Constantius II died on November 3, 361, Julian became the sole ruler of the Empire, exposed his paganism, and began a failed campaign to revive paganism. He was killed in a skirmish on June 26, 363 while on a failed Sassanian campaign.(From MONETA, from www.numus.com) |
