{"slug": "julian-the-apostate", "label": "Julian the Apostate", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_the_Apostate", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [355, 362], "span_label": ["355 CE", "362 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "caesar-title", "label": "Caesar (title)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "gaul", "label": "Gaul", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rhine", "label": "Rhine", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alemanni", "label": "Alemanni", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantius-ii", "label": "Constantius II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mediolanum", "label": "Mediolanum", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "british-museum", "label": "British Museum", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "february", "label": "February", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "strasbourg", "label": "Strasbourg", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 355, "year_label": "355 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – In Mediolanum (Italy), Emperor Constantius II raises his cousin Julian the Apostate to the rank of Caesar. He takes command of the western provinces and marries Constantius' sister, Helena.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331300399#Roman_Empire", "title": "355", "revid": 1331300399, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 356, "year_label": "356 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Siege of Autun: Julian receives a report that Augustodunum (Autun) is under attack by the Alemanni. The city walls are in poor state and in danger of falling.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369161915#Roman_Empire", "title": "356", "revid": 1369161915, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 357, "year_label": "357 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Battle of Strasbourg: Julian, Caesar (deputy emperor) and supreme commander of the Roman army in Gaul, wins an important victory against the Alemanni at Strasbourg (Argentoratum), driving the barbarians back behind the Rhine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331328193#Roman_Empire", "title": "357", "revid": 1331328193, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 358, "year_label": "358 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Salian Franks capitulate to Julian the Apostate in Gaul. He allows them to form a Roman foederati in Toxandria. Frankish settlers are established in areas in the north and the east to help with the defense of the Rhine frontier.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267077925#Roman_Empire", "title": "358", "revid": 1267077925, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 360, "year_label": "360 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February", "text": "February – Julian, Roman Caesar, is proclaimed emperor in Lutetia (modern Paris).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332419195#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 360", "revid": 1332419195, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 361, "year_label": "361 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "361–363 – A Julian the Apostate coin is issued. It is now kept at the British Museum, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331332525#Art", "title": "361", "revid": 1331332525, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": 362, "year_label": "362 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 18", "text": "July 18 – Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with an expeditionary force (60,000 men), and stays there for nine months, to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire. He secures the co-operation of King Arsaces of Armenia, who fights a bloody guerrilla war against the Persians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331333761#Roman_Empire", "title": "362", "revid": 1331333761, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}]}