Julian’s Apostates: conversion to paganism in the middle of the fourth century

Julian’s Apostates: conversion to paganism in the middle of the fourth century

Автор: Vedeshkin M.

Журнал: Schole. Философское антиковедение и классическая традиция @classics-nsu-schole

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The article delves into the issue of apostasy among the citizens of the Roman Empire during the brief reign of Julian. It provides an overview of the tactics employed by the emperor to convert his Christian subjects to paganism and evaluates their success across different strata of late Roman society, including the bureaucracy, military, Christian clergy, intellectual elite, and common people. It is concluded that Julian’s efforts at returning the Roman Empire to paganism were far more successful than it has traditionally been thought.

Late antiquity, late roman empire, emperor julian, apostacy, paganism, conversion

Короткий адрес: https://sciup.org/147243514

IDR: 147243514   |   DOI: 10.25205/1995-4328-2023-17-2-672-702

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