A Companion to Julian the Apostate

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-41456-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 482 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 862 g

Reihe: Brill's Companions to the Byzantine World

Few Roman emperors enjoy such fame as Flavius Claudius Iulianus – although he was sole ruler of the Roman Empire for only eighteen months (361-363). Since his early death he has been known as Julian the Apostate – the nephew of Constantine the Great who in vain tried to reverse the transformation of the Imperium Romanum into a Christian Empire. This companion synthesizes research on Julian conducted in many languages over the last decades and develops new perspectives. The authors scrutinize the voluminous and variegated sources for Julian's life and rule and reflect on the perceptions of modern research.

Since Julian is the subject of scholarly discussion in various fields, this companion offers an interdisciplinary dialogue in which experts from many countries participate.

Contributors are Bruno Bleckmann, Scott Bradbury, Peter Heather, Arnaldo Marcone, Neil McLynn, Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, Stefan Rebenich, Christoph Riedweg, Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner, Peter van Nuffelen, Konrad Vössing, Hans-Ulrich Wiemer.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Wiemer, Hans-Ulrich

Rebenich, Stefan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations

Contributors

Introduction

1 Introduction: Approaching Julian

Stefan Rebenich and Hans-Ulrich Wiemer

2 Julian’s Philosophical Writings

Heinz-Günther Nesselrath

3 The Gallic Wars of Julian Caesar

Peter J. Heather

4 From Caesar to Augustus: Julian against Constantius

Bruno Bleckmann

5 Reform, Routine, and Propaganda: Julian the Lawgiver

Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner

6 The Value of a Good Education: The School Law in Context

Konrad Vössing

7 Revival and Reform: The Religious Policy of Julian

Hans-Ulrich Wiemer

8 Anti-Christian Polemics and Pagan Onto-Theology:
Julian’s Against the Galilaeans

Christoph Riedweg

9 Julian and the Jews

Scott Bradbury

10 The Persian Expedition

Neil McLynn

11 Pagan Reactions to Julian

Arnaldo Marcone

12 The Christian Reception of Julian

Peter van Nuffelen

13 Julian’s Afterlife. The Reception of a Roman Emperor

Stefan Rebenich

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stefan Rebenich holds the Chair of Ancient History and the Classical Tradition at the University of Bern (Switzerland). He has published widely in the field of late antiquity and the history of historiography, including Jerome (London: Routledge, 2002), and Theodor Mommsen. Eine Biographie (2nd ed, C.H. Beck 2007). Recently, he has edited a volume on Monarchische Herrschaft im Altertum (W. de Gruyter, 2017).

Hans-Ulrich Wiemer holds the chair of Ancient History at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany). He has published monographs and many articles on Alexander the Great, Hellenistic history and historiography, on Late Roman history and on the history of the Goths, including Libanios und Julian. Studien zum Verhältnis von Rhetorik und Politik (C.H. Beck, 1995) and Theoderich der Große. König der Goten, Herrscher der Römer(C.H. Beck, 2018).