Julian entered Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire on this day in 361. Raised a Christian he rejected it in favor neoplatonism, earning him the insult of Apostate by Christian historians. During his brief tenure Julian reformed the pagan religious community giving it a structure that, had he not died after a brief two year reign, might have given the Christian religion a real run for its money. One of the great “what ifs” of history…
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