Christian sources name several dozen Christian martyrs under Julian the Apostate. Six of these ma... more Christian sources name several dozen Christian martyrs under Julian the Apostate. Six of these martyrs were according to such sources executed in Antioch during Julian’s stay in this city in 362-363 A.D. Pagan authors like Ammianus Marcellinus and Libanius are silent about their martyrdom, and about the persecution of Christians by Julian in general. It is examined in this article whether the Christian authors, among them John Chrysostom, represent historical reality more than Ammianus and Libanius do, and whether their writings can be adduced to prove that Julian was a persecutor.
Continuing the series of philological and historical commentaries on Ammianus' Res Gestae thi... more Continuing the series of philological and historical commentaries on Ammianus' Res Gestae this volume deals with Book 28, which is devoted primarily to the deplorable events in Rome during the reign of Valentinian and his defense of the Rhine frontier.
Historia. Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte 68, 2019
This paper offers a new chronology for Gratian's journey from Trier to Thrace, his campaign again... more This paper offers a new chronology for Gratian's journey from Trier to Thrace, his campaign against the Lentienses as well as the route he followed in 378, as described by Am-mianus Marcellinus (31.10 and 31.11.6). According to Otto Seeck and others, Gratian left Trier shortly after 20 April 378 (Cod. Theod. 8.5.35). It is argued here that Gratian left Trier soon after 1 June (Cod. Theod. 1.15.9), a date dismissed by Seeck on weak grounds, and that the events described by Ammianus perfectly fit within a chronological window of the months June and July of 378.
Christian sources name several dozen Christian martyrs under Julian the Apostate. Six of these ma... more Christian sources name several dozen Christian martyrs under Julian the Apostate. Six of these martyrs were according to such sources executed in Antioch during Julian’s stay in this city in 362-363 A.D. Pagan authors like Ammianus Marcellinus and Libanius are silent about their martyrdom, and about the persecution of Christians by Julian in general. It is examined in this article whether the Christian authors, among them John Chrysostom, represent historical reality more than Ammianus and Libanius do, and whether their writings can be adduced to prove that Julian was a persecutor.
Continuing the series of philological and historical commentaries on Ammianus' Res Gestae thi... more Continuing the series of philological and historical commentaries on Ammianus' Res Gestae this volume deals with Book 28, which is devoted primarily to the deplorable events in Rome during the reign of Valentinian and his defense of the Rhine frontier.
Historia. Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte 68, 2019
This paper offers a new chronology for Gratian's journey from Trier to Thrace, his campaign again... more This paper offers a new chronology for Gratian's journey from Trier to Thrace, his campaign against the Lentienses as well as the route he followed in 378, as described by Am-mianus Marcellinus (31.10 and 31.11.6). According to Otto Seeck and others, Gratian left Trier shortly after 20 April 378 (Cod. Theod. 8.5.35). It is argued here that Gratian left Trier soon after 1 June (Cod. Theod. 1.15.9), a date dismissed by Seeck on weak grounds, and that the events described by Ammianus perfectly fit within a chronological window of the months June and July of 378.
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