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Article PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE REIGN OF JULIAN, ← Page 3 of 4 →
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Principal Events In The Reign Of Julian,
they broke open the gates , and forced him to appear ; when they « iw him , they cried out more vehemently than before , Julian Auffustus '• he conjured them not to persist , he even gave them his oromise that they should not repass the Alps ; at length , per-. « ivin ° - his life in imminent danger , and that after his death -they vould ° elect another 'he submitted to their will . They
, Emperor , _ elevated him on a shield , and declared him Augustus . In this hasty election , they were greatly at a loss for a diadem , tor Julian had not one , and in their precipitancy they would have taken an ornament from one of the horses , but an ensign , named Matirus , took off a collar he had on , enriched with jewels , and placed it on the head of Julian . In this manner they raised him to the empire ,
at 'he age . of twenty-eight years and six montns . Upon these events he sent a solemn embassy to Constants- he wrote to him in a resolute , yet modest style , as one w ho was under no apprehensions from his anger , and yet sincerely wis hed his friendship ; in this letter , in which he assumes the title only of Ca = sar , and recalls to his memory his fidelity and past services , he says , " That he must not impute . it fo him , if soldiers half naked discontented at gaining
without pay or donation , , long victories to their ruin , under a general , who could do them no service , had been driven to extremities , by an order which tore them from their country , their wives , and their children , to transport them into a climate so very different from their own : that , as to him , what he had done was no more than in submission to the most evident violences , of which he laid before him a detail he entreated him to be united in friendship , that he would insist not
still obey his orders , but that he must on me troops HUILtino- the country . " Constantius received this letter with the wrath of an offended Emperor ; he immediately sent orders , as if orders would then avail , to recall the principal officers of Julian . I he new Emperor was seated on his tribunal and surrounded by the soldiery and people , when the questor read Constantius ' s letter , m which , other he reproached Julian"Thatleft as he was an
anion * things , , , heiplels orphan , he had found in him an affectionate father It I was an orphan , " interrupted Julian m haste , « how became I so ? Is it for the executioner of my father and my whole family to make me this reproach , the wound still bleeding ? ' 1 was he who P-ave it , and would he still add to it ' s anguish ? After many intrigues on the part of Constantius , and many dispatches having his march towards Constan
passed between them , Julian began - tinople . He entered Sirmiuiti in triumph ; as for the Greeks they needed no persuasives , he opened their temples , which was sufficient to o-ain over that people . He continued Ins march , until arriving at the narrow pass of the Succi , he waited there for news of Constantius : the Emperor , terrified at the progress of Julian , whom he at first despised , had sent his troops before him , and followed by long marches towards the West . Iking arrived at
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Principal Events In The Reign Of Julian,
they broke open the gates , and forced him to appear ; when they « iw him , they cried out more vehemently than before , Julian Auffustus '• he conjured them not to persist , he even gave them his oromise that they should not repass the Alps ; at length , per-. « ivin ° - his life in imminent danger , and that after his death -they vould ° elect another 'he submitted to their will . They
, Emperor , _ elevated him on a shield , and declared him Augustus . In this hasty election , they were greatly at a loss for a diadem , tor Julian had not one , and in their precipitancy they would have taken an ornament from one of the horses , but an ensign , named Matirus , took off a collar he had on , enriched with jewels , and placed it on the head of Julian . In this manner they raised him to the empire ,
at 'he age . of twenty-eight years and six montns . Upon these events he sent a solemn embassy to Constants- he wrote to him in a resolute , yet modest style , as one w ho was under no apprehensions from his anger , and yet sincerely wis hed his friendship ; in this letter , in which he assumes the title only of Ca = sar , and recalls to his memory his fidelity and past services , he says , " That he must not impute . it fo him , if soldiers half naked discontented at gaining
without pay or donation , , long victories to their ruin , under a general , who could do them no service , had been driven to extremities , by an order which tore them from their country , their wives , and their children , to transport them into a climate so very different from their own : that , as to him , what he had done was no more than in submission to the most evident violences , of which he laid before him a detail he entreated him to be united in friendship , that he would insist not
still obey his orders , but that he must on me troops HUILtino- the country . " Constantius received this letter with the wrath of an offended Emperor ; he immediately sent orders , as if orders would then avail , to recall the principal officers of Julian . I he new Emperor was seated on his tribunal and surrounded by the soldiery and people , when the questor read Constantius ' s letter , m which , other he reproached Julian"Thatleft as he was an
anion * things , , , heiplels orphan , he had found in him an affectionate father It I was an orphan , " interrupted Julian m haste , « how became I so ? Is it for the executioner of my father and my whole family to make me this reproach , the wound still bleeding ? ' 1 was he who P-ave it , and would he still add to it ' s anguish ? After many intrigues on the part of Constantius , and many dispatches having his march towards Constan
passed between them , Julian began - tinople . He entered Sirmiuiti in triumph ; as for the Greeks they needed no persuasives , he opened their temples , which was sufficient to o-ain over that people . He continued Ins march , until arriving at the narrow pass of the Succi , he waited there for news of Constantius : the Emperor , terrified at the progress of Julian , whom he at first despised , had sent his troops before him , and followed by long marches towards the West . Iking arrived at