G. W. Bowersock is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Bowersock has written the best narrative history of Julian’s career...His success is due not only to the vivid style but to the command of the very wide variety of sources that enables him to derive new insights from unexpected facts.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Gibbon and Cavafy on Julian Prologue 1. Approaching the Reign 2. The Personality of the Emperor 3. The Heritage of Adolescence 4. Gaul 5. The Acclamation at Paris 6. The Mask Removed 7. Justice and Reform 8. The Puritanical Pagan 9. Antioch 10. The Final Campaign Appendix 1: The Chronology of the attempt to Rebuild the Jewish Temple Appendix 2: The Inscription at Ma'ayan barukh Appendix 3: The Author of On the Gods and the Universe Bibliography Index

G. W. Bowersock is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Bowersock has written the best narrative history of Julian’s career...His success is due not only to the vivid style but to the command of the very wide variety of sources that enables him to derive new insights from unexpected facts.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Gibbon and Cavafy on Julian Prologue 1. Approaching the Reign 2. The Personality of the Emperor 3. The Heritage of Adolescence 4. Gaul 5. The Acclamation at Paris 6. The Mask Removed 7. Justice and Reform 8. The Puritanical Pagan 9. Antioch 10. The Final Campaign Appendix 1: The Chronology of the attempt to Rebuild the Jewish Temple Appendix 2: The Inscription at Ma'ayan barukh Appendix 3: The Author of On the Gods and the Universe Bibliography Index

G. W. Bowersock is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Bowersock has written the best narrative history of Julian’s career...His success is due not only to the vivid style but to the command of the very wide variety of sources that enables him to derive new insights from unexpected facts.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Gibbon and Cavafy on Julian Prologue 1. Approaching the Reign 2. The Personality of the Emperor 3. The Heritage of Adolescence 4. Gaul 5. The Acclamation at Paris 6. The Mask Removed 7. Justice and Reform 8. The Puritanical Pagan 9. Antioch 10. The Final Campaign Appendix 1: The Chronology of the attempt to Rebuild the Jewish Temple Appendix 2: The Inscription at Ma'ayan barukh Appendix 3: The Author of On the Gods and the Universe Bibliography Index