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Julian (emperor)

last Pagan Roman emperor, reigned 361 to 363

12 dated entries naming Julian (emperor), drawn from 10 separate years between 331 CE and 363 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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4th century

  • 331(or 332) Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor (d. 363)source
  • 332Basilina, wife of Julius Constantius and the mother of Roman Emperor Juliansource
  • 355November 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.source
  • 356Siege 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.source
  • 357Summer – 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.source
  • 358The 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.source
  • 360February – Julian, Roman Caesar, is proclaimed emperor in Lutetia (modern Paris).source
  • 361361–363 – A Julian the Apostate coin is issued. It is now kept at the British Museum, London.source
  • 361July – Julian begins leading his troops eastwards against Constantius II.source
  • 362July 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.source
  • 363March 5 – Emperor Julian departs from Antioch with his army (90,000 men) and heads north towards the Euphrates. En route he creates a diversion and sends a force of 30,000 soldiers under his cousin Procopius to Armenia.source
  • 363June 26 – Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor (b. 331)source

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