The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1

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Introduction Bibliography Oration I Oration II Oration III Introduction To Oration III Oration IV Introduction To Oration IV Oration V Introduction To Oration V Index Footnotes FLAVIUS CLAUDIUS JULIANUS,(1) son of Julius Constantius and nephew of the Emperor Constantine, was born at Constantinople in 331 A.D. His father, eldest brother, and cousins were slain in the massacre by which Constantius, Constantine II., and Constans secured the empire for themselves on the death of their father Constantine in 337. Julian and his elder brother Gallus spent a precarious childhood and youth, of which six years were passed in close confinement in the remote castle of Macellum in Cappadocia, and their …

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