Julian us, FLAVIUS

CLAUDIUS, "THE APOSTATE," 331-363. Nephew of Const an tine; Cæsar 355, August us 360, sole Emperor 361. The murder of his family by his nominally Christian cousins, with his own sufferings and dangers at their hands, turned him against the new religion, which he disestablished ON PC CL IVLIANVSP IMG:content-0888.png:[graphic] Coin of Julian us. IMG:content-0889.jpg:[ocr errors] on his acce ion; but his zeal for paganism stopped short of persecution. Few rulers of any age have surpa ed him in ability and character; like his model, Marcus Aurelius, he combined the labors of a student and author with those of a statesman and soldier. He fought the German tribes in Gaul 356360, and was slain in battle with the Persians. His chief extant work is Misopogon , a satire.