Julian the Apostate
7 dated entries naming Julian the Apostate, drawn from 7 separate years between 355 CE and 362 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.
4th century
- 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
- 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
Named in the same entries
- Caesar (title) (3)
- Gaul (2)
- Rhine (2)
- Alemanni (2)
- Italy (1)
- Constantius II (1)
- Mediolanum (1)
- London (1)
- British Museum (1)
- Paris (1)
- February (1)
- Strasbourg (1)