Julian Romance
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The Julian Romance is fictionalized prose account of the reign of the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate and one of the major narrative works of Syriac literature. It was written sometime between Julia
Two pages from the Arabic version of the Julian Romance
Theodor Nöldeke, who first classified the work as a romance
Julianus II antioch CNG
The portrait of Shapur II on the obverse of a silver drachm, struck circa 309–320
Julian's Persian expedition
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Julian's Persian expedition took place from March to July 363 AD. It was the final military campaign to be undertaken by Roman emperor Julian, who died in battle at Samarra. The Roman Empire fought ag
Julian Romance
…of Christians. The second describes Julian's conflict with Eusebius of Rome. The third and longest part, written in the form of a letter, describes Julian's Persian expedition, his downfall and the accession of the Christian emperor Jovian. There exists a short Syriac text known as the "second Romance…
The body of Julian, killed in battle, is trampled on by King Shapur II in a relief from Taq-e-Bostan.
The Roman road from Antioch to Chalcis and Aleppo, the first stage of Julian's expedition
9th-century painting of Julian near Ctesiphon
The death of Julian