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Chapter 24 - Julian in Antioch

from Part IV - Religion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2024

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Bernadette Cabouret
Edited by
Andrea U. De Giorgi
Andrea U. De Giorgi
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Florida State University
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Summary

The Emperor Julian’s momentous sojourn in Antioch is a key theme in the discourse of Christianity and paganism in the Greek East. This chapter chronicles the events and climate of 362 and 363 CE on the shores of the Orontes, not least highlighting Julian’s utopia of Antioch "city of marble."

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AntiochJulianDaphneAmmianus Marcellinus
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Antioch on the Orontes
History, Society, Ecology, and Visual Culture
 , pp. 391 - 405
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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