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Article PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE REIGN OF JULIAN, ← Page 2 of 4 →
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Principal Events In The Reign Of Julian,
This residence at Athens afforded ample charms to Julian rrf , was delighted with his establishment ; bit the BarbaStn 7 Z' ^ Gaul , caused the Emperor , by the sugo-gstion of Eusebii It , \ £ S urn with the title of"Csar , Ll the manag ^ meiSf the £ , ° Si return from Greece he with great humour said , « The courtiers surrounded him , and as though he had'been in a barbe ' ho i hey shaved his chin and put the military mantle
over him , 2 w JS / , , th 0 Ught ' int 0 a Very ridic « lo «» oldie- >' it was not long before he gave proofs to the contrary : he made ' a successful war against the Barbarians , defeated them in seven encounters , both hazardous and enterprizing . Although he 2 he cabals of the courtand officers of Constants
, font nu 11 thwarting him , he however b y his skill and affability gained the esteem or his soldiers ; and there were very few enterprises P rt , is " d m SUCfeSsfuL ,. Constantitjstill atS iZTr ^ rfi T m ° \ e dls S usted at the reputation of Julian T ^ nto < ? 3 ul a "cretary of state , called Decentius . to brino- ; n
Zfl we ™ experienced corps of his army , and to sele the flower of his other troops : these orders were conceived in very affrontingterms to Juhan , who was chargednot to oppose the Emperor , ofi ^ o ! h " ' ^^ " ^ J ° n tMs ° «^ ° n , theeolkrc wereXfted off , and only a shadow of an arm y left behind ; nothing now was hear hut murmurs and discontent , and to inflame their minds the more wo ids . We are banished like criminals
to the extremity of thS earth , our wives and our children must again fall into hat serWtude , from which we have delivered themtt the peril of our lives " Decentius pressed Julian to hasten their departure- ^ he yielded ' ' but when he drew up the order , he took care to have carriage ap ! pom ed for the soldiers who had wives , that they might talc ! their iamil . es with them . Julian out of Paris
came , and received h roops with great affability , and addressing himseTf to them who were known to lnm , recalled to mind their past actions and exanKST ° a'Kij ° in t - he Em P eror ^ Wh 0 had £ 3 » cl nat o „ and power to vecompence their merit ; they replied to this onlv by a melanchol y silence , while thepeople exhorted the soldiers ot to leave them a prey to the German haX . * ,,,. m X 10 t
intn lj ™ entertained ^ e officers at dinner ; who afterwards retired into then- camp inconsolable iy d ff r being dt obliged p ™ - * £ x same : ^ not nSi less « a Hicted ^ zand , when 'r the hour of supper was come . thev conto , tiiand they mutually animated each other
, ; the warmth of the wine having enflamed their minds , they all took up arm at the beginning of the ni ght they ran to ' the Jalace and Si J ng out „ , the most dreadful manner , Julian Augustus ! conjuring m at the same time to appear . Pie stood out the siege all light the soidiers still perszsting in their intreaties . In the morning
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Principal Events In The Reign Of Julian,
This residence at Athens afforded ample charms to Julian rrf , was delighted with his establishment ; bit the BarbaStn 7 Z' ^ Gaul , caused the Emperor , by the sugo-gstion of Eusebii It , \ £ S urn with the title of"Csar , Ll the manag ^ meiSf the £ , ° Si return from Greece he with great humour said , « The courtiers surrounded him , and as though he had'been in a barbe ' ho i hey shaved his chin and put the military mantle
over him , 2 w JS / , , th 0 Ught ' int 0 a Very ridic « lo «» oldie- >' it was not long before he gave proofs to the contrary : he made ' a successful war against the Barbarians , defeated them in seven encounters , both hazardous and enterprizing . Although he 2 he cabals of the courtand officers of Constants
, font nu 11 thwarting him , he however b y his skill and affability gained the esteem or his soldiers ; and there were very few enterprises P rt , is " d m SUCfeSsfuL ,. Constantitjstill atS iZTr ^ rfi T m ° \ e dls S usted at the reputation of Julian T ^ nto < ? 3 ul a "cretary of state , called Decentius . to brino- ; n
Zfl we ™ experienced corps of his army , and to sele the flower of his other troops : these orders were conceived in very affrontingterms to Juhan , who was chargednot to oppose the Emperor , ofi ^ o ! h " ' ^^ " ^ J ° n tMs ° «^ ° n , theeolkrc wereXfted off , and only a shadow of an arm y left behind ; nothing now was hear hut murmurs and discontent , and to inflame their minds the more wo ids . We are banished like criminals
to the extremity of thS earth , our wives and our children must again fall into hat serWtude , from which we have delivered themtt the peril of our lives " Decentius pressed Julian to hasten their departure- ^ he yielded ' ' but when he drew up the order , he took care to have carriage ap ! pom ed for the soldiers who had wives , that they might talc ! their iamil . es with them . Julian out of Paris
came , and received h roops with great affability , and addressing himseTf to them who were known to lnm , recalled to mind their past actions and exanKST ° a'Kij ° in t - he Em P eror ^ Wh 0 had £ 3 » cl nat o „ and power to vecompence their merit ; they replied to this onlv by a melanchol y silence , while thepeople exhorted the soldiers ot to leave them a prey to the German haX . * ,,,. m X 10 t
intn lj ™ entertained ^ e officers at dinner ; who afterwards retired into then- camp inconsolable iy d ff r being dt obliged p ™ - * £ x same : ^ not nSi less « a Hicted ^ zand , when 'r the hour of supper was come . thev conto , tiiand they mutually animated each other
, ; the warmth of the wine having enflamed their minds , they all took up arm at the beginning of the ni ght they ran to ' the Jalace and Si J ng out „ , the most dreadful manner , Julian Augustus ! conjuring m at the same time to appear . Pie stood out the siege all light the soidiers still perszsting in their intreaties . In the morning