The other, more surprising choice was Nevitta, Julian's trusted Frankish general.

Others ( Rowland Smith, in particular ) have argued that Julian's philosophical perspective was nothing unusual for a " cultured " pagan of his time, and, at any rate, that Julian's paganism was not limited to philosophy alone, and that he was deeply devoted to the same gods and goddesses as other pagans of his day.

Constantius II ordered the murders of many descendants from the second marriage of Constantius Chlorus and Theodora, leaving only Constantius and his brothers Constantine II and Constans I, and their cousins, Julian and Gallus ( Julian's half-brother ), as the surviving males related to Emperor Constantine.

Bowersock in particular ), Julian's paganism was highly eccentric and atypical because it was heavily influenced by an esoteric approach to Platonic philosophy sometimes identified as theurgy and also Neoplatonism.

He essentially serves as Julian's voice of critique for Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Marcus Aurelius ( whom he reveres as a fellow philosopher-king ), and Constantine I.

Rolf, their leader and Julian's husband, is hostile, but the others — Miriam ( a former midwife ), Gascoigne ( a man from a military family ), Luke ( a former priest ), and Julian — are more personable.

Young and tech-savvy ( making use of a laptop computer while calling plays ), he is highly critical of Tony's old fashioned offensive play calling, Willie's changing the plays in the huddle and Julian's playing for contract incentives.

During the House of M crossover ( which later led to Decimation ), Wind Dancer was shown as a S. H. I. E. L. D trainee, in the Hellions Squad, under Dani Moonstar's supervision, and involved in a rather intimate relationship with Scion ( Julian's counterpart ).

St. Julian's School holds various intra-school sports activities and clubs including Football and Basketball training sessions ( alternating between boys and girls ), an annual Cross-Country, an annual Sports Day, an annual 50 km-Challenge, among others.

The Music Tapes is an experimental pop music project of Elephant 6 member Julian Koster, also of Neutral Milk Hotel, and the earlier Chocolate U. S. A .. Music Tapes releases are characterised by their unusual orchestration ( the singing saw and banjo are matched with sounds recorded in Julian's environment, for example the sound of a bouncing ball as percussion ), which produces an effect which is part musique concrète, part 1960s pop.

On a clear day, Emley Moor TV tower ( 40 miles ), the top of York Minster and the Kilburn White Horse ( 45 miles ) can be seen from Julian's Bower.

In 360 this was reversed through the Metropolitan's court influence and Cyril suffered another year's exile from Jerusalem until the Emperor Julian's accession allowed him to return.

Julian's choice of Nevitta appears to have been aimed at maintaining the support of the Western army which had acclaimed him.

Even Julian's intellectual friends and fellow pagans were of a divided mind about this habit of talking to his subjects on an equal footing: Ammianus Marcellinus saw in that only the foolish vanity of someone " excessively anxious for empty distinction ", whose " desire for popularity often led him to converse with unworthy persons ".

In the council of war which followed, Julian's generals persuaded him not to mount a siege against the city, given the impregnability of its defenses and the fact that Shapur would soon arrive with a large force.

Julian's support of Jews, coming after the hostility of many earlier Emperors, meant that Jews called him Julian the Hellene.

After taking information from Julian he lets him live, saving himself from the remainder of Julian's men who were awaiting Corwin in the forest.

As Julian's relationship with Michelle deepens, suspicion of the murder mounts against him.

Julian thought of Froggy as an old friend, but Froggy acknowledges to Julian that he has always detested him and did not want Julian's wife ( Froggy's cousin ) to marry him.

Lennon bought Julian a Gibson Les Paul guitar and a drum machine for Christmas in 1973, and encouraged Julian's interest in music by showing him some chords.

*** Julian's loyalists proclaimed him Augustus in 360, but he did not fully assume the purple until Constantius II's death in November 361

She notes that the perception of living a lifetime in that world has allowed Hellion to refine his telekinetic abilities to fully manipulate the artificial hands created for him, a feat that normally could not be accomplished in Julian's condition before the Age of X reality.

She decided to use this to her advantage, and secure a place for Sam's child within the Crane dynasty by passing him / her off as Julian's child.

In the series finale, Kay Bennett uses her magic powers to heal Julian's penis, making it possible for him and Eve to fully express their love to one another. It is assumed that Julian becomes head of the Crane Empire with Fancy and her unborn child as heirs presumptive based on Julian's statements.

Eve and Julian eventually reconnected and renewed their relationship despite the fact that Julian's wife Rebecca Hotchkiss refused to grant him a divorce.

The Music Tapes have also released three 7 " records-Please Hear Mr. Flight Control, The Television Tells Us and a split 7 " entitled The Music Tapes and Dad, with Dennis Koster, Julian's father and renowned flamenco guitarist.

Alypius was afterwards commissioned to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem as part of Julian's systematic attempt to reverse the Christianization of the Roman Empire by restoring pagan and, in this case, Jewish practices.

In 1835 the steamer " Tigris " of the English Euphrates expedition went down in a hurricane just above Anah, near where Julian's force had suffered from a similar storm.

Athanasius left for Upper Egypt, remaining there until Julian's death in 363.

The name of Julian's maternal grandmother is unknown.

In the turmoil after the death of Constantine in 337, in order to establish himself as sole emperor, Julian's zealous Arian Christian cousin Constantius II led a massacre of most of Julian's close relatives.

In need of support, in 351 he made Julian's half-brother, Gallus, Caesar of the East, while Constantius II himself turned his attention westward to Magnentius, whom he defeated decisively that year.

Constantius accepted Julian's report of events and Marcellus was replaced as magister equitum by Severus.

This was Julian's first experience with civil administration, where his views were influenced by his liberal education in Greece.

Julian's first priority, as Caesar and nominal ranking commander in Gaul, was to drive out the barbarians who had breached the Rhine frontier.

Constantius attempted to maintain some modicum of control over his Caesar, which explains his removal of Julian's close adviser Saturninius Secundus Salutius from Gaul.

In the fourth year of Julian's stay in Gaul, the Sassanid Emperor, Shapur II, invaded Mesopotamia and took the city of Amida after a 73-day siege.

In February 360, Constantius II ordered more than half of Julian's Gallic troops to his eastern army, the orders by-passing Julian and going directly to the military commanders.

According to the historian Zosimus, the army officers were those responsible for distributing an anonymous tract expressing complaints against Constantius as well as fearing for Julian's ultimate fate.

Notably absent at the time was the prefect Florentius, who was usually never far from Julian's side, though now he was kept busy organizing supplies in Vienne and away from any strife that the order could cause.

Another effect of Julian's political philosophy was that the authority of the cities was expanded at the expense of the imperial bureaucracy as Julian sought to reduce direct imperial involvement in urban affairs.

Julian's ascetic lifestyle was not popular either, since his subjects were accustomed to the idea of an all-powerful Emperor who placed himself well above them.

Julian's rise to Augustus was the result of military insurrection eased by Constantius's sudden death.

There is no evidence that Julian's corpse was skinned and displayed, and it is likely that the illustrator simply confused the fate of Julian's body with that of Emperor Valerian ( emperor ) | Valerian.

Julian's strategy lay elsewhere, however.