Julian the Apostate: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor - History Matters Documentary
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Date: 2022-07-19
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friedzombie4
Julian is one of my favorite what if emperors, would he just have been another cabbage nutty buddy like Diocletian or would he have delayed monotheistic and henotheistic religion from spreading by a few hundred years. Ultimately I think that challenge needed more then one lifetime and choosing his successor as fervent as he was would have made the biggest impact even if you don't change his death by spear.
How I long that Christianity took the path of Judaism something to monitor intensely to make sure it doesn't go out of hand.
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Julian is one of my favorite what if emperors, would he just have been another cabbage nutty buddy like Diocletian or would he have delayed monotheistic and henotheistic religion from spreading by a few hundred years. Ultimately I think that challenge needed more then one lifetime and choosing his successor as fervent as he was would have made the biggest impact even if you don't change his death by spear.
How I long that Christianity took the path of Judaism something to monitor intensely to make sure it doesn't go out of hand.
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runcandy3
Before anyone is so quick to pontificate on how great the world would have somehow been with a longer reigning pagan emperor, one should think critically on 1) the inevitability of paganism's decline and 2) the remarkable strides in human rights and science that were made due to Christian moral teaching and perspectives mixed with the intellectual advancements of the classical Greeks.
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Before anyone is so quick to pontificate on how great the world would have somehow been with a longer reigning pagan emperor, one should think critically on 1) the inevitability of paganism's decline and 2) the remarkable strides in human rights and science that were made due to Christian moral teaching and perspectives mixed with the intellectual advancements of the classical Greeks.
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Alex
And. what this video clip doesn't cover:
Julian was killed by one of his own soldiers, a christian.
Julian is well-known because he was the first (and maybe the only) emperor who wrote treatises on current events, and his writings still exist (Wikipedia library has several of his writings, including the famous Misopogon.
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And. what this video clip doesn't cover:
Julian was killed by one of his own soldiers, a christian.
Julian is well-known because he was the first (and maybe the only) emperor who wrote treatises on current events, and his writings still exist (Wikipedia library has several of his writings, including the famous Misopogon.
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godless
I kinda doubt he could've kept Rome from turning Christian even if he had a much longer reign, but I don't blame him for trying. (I mean, it's not like the Christians were any more tolerant of the pagans when they ruled. Nobody really believed in freedom of religion back then - at least not the way we do now)
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I kinda doubt he could've kept Rome from turning Christian even if he had a much longer reign, but I don't blame him for trying. (I mean, it's not like the Christians were any more tolerant of the pagans when they ruled. Nobody really believed in freedom of religion back then - at least not the way we do now)
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sixstringpsycho
Julian is super underrated. I blame Christian historians being salty that he tried to go back to the classic Roman pantheon. Not to say he didnt make any mistakes. He should have been a little less ambitious with his Persian conquests.
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Julian is super underrated. I blame Christian historians being salty that he tried to go back to the classic Roman pantheon. Not to say he didnt make any mistakes. He should have been a little less ambitious with his Persian conquests.
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aperson22222
So Julian wanted to show he was a big man by breaking from his predecessors policies and invading Persia. .. even though hed gotten the top spot by refusing to send troops to invade Persia when Constantius had called for them?
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So Julian wanted to show he was a big man by breaking from his predecessors policies and invading Persia. .. even though hed gotten the top spot by refusing to send troops to invade Persia when Constantius had called for them?
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Ibn
Such was his disdain for Christianity, the Babylonian Talmud mentions he authorized a government sanctioned reconstruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem but the construction was halted due to the war and subsequent death.
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Such was his disdain for Christianity, the Babylonian Talmud mentions he authorized a government sanctioned reconstruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem but the construction was halted due to the war and subsequent death.
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Bruce
It's a genuine shame that he died before being able to make any huge changes, Christianity, and all Abrahamic religions, have been nothing but a negative influence on the world and a cancer
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It's a genuine shame that he died before being able to make any huge changes, Christianity, and all Abrahamic religions, have been nothing but a negative influence on the world and a cancer
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TheCrashingToaster
Has been said that as he lay dying on the battlefield he caught some of his own spurting blood, threw it toward heaven and declared, so thou hast conquered after all, Galilean!
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Has been said that as he lay dying on the battlefield he caught some of his own spurting blood, threw it toward heaven and declared, so thou hast conquered after all, Galilean!
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iRoga
He wanted to bring back paganism by emulating what Christianity was doing. Most critics if Christianity do this.
In the end, he was an irrelevant emperor who had a pathethic death.
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He wanted to bring back paganism by emulating what Christianity was doing. Most critics if Christianity do this.
In the end, he was an irrelevant emperor who had a pathethic death.
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vasp99
Gore Vidal's novel Julian is as well researched as possible and gives witty insights and a certain conjecture into the life, reign and untimely death of this fascinating man.
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Gore Vidal's novel Julian is as well researched as possible and gives witty insights and a certain conjecture into the life, reign and untimely death of this fascinating man.
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Tristin
I would have liked to see a Rome where they held onto their pagan beliefs. Like a mirror universe thing Christianity came FAR later on how much would be different perhaps?
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I would have liked to see a Rome where they held onto their pagan beliefs. Like a mirror universe thing Christianity came FAR later on how much would be different perhaps?
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jimjimsauce
very interesting, begs me to wonder what would have happened had he has a longer rule, what europe might have looked like if christianity was vanquished early on
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very interesting, begs me to wonder what would have happened had he has a longer rule, what europe might have looked like if christianity was vanquished early on
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Mister
Philosopher
Doesn't make himm a total pagan, this is just the common revisionist misconception. but it was nice you scoured the surface-level lore for us
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Philosopher
Doesn't make himm a total pagan, this is just the common revisionist misconception. but it was nice you scoured the surface-level lore for us
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Tarik
It's a shame that he didn't live long enough to undermine the Christians and their teaching the world would have been a much better place
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It's a shame that he didn't live long enough to undermine the Christians and their teaching the world would have been a much better place
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The
Pagan holidays have still been passed down to christianity (christmas, easter etc) 25 December is a popular holiday in paganism.
Peace
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Pagan holidays have still been passed down to christianity (christmas, easter etc) 25 December is a popular holiday in paganism.
Peace
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GOD
its amazing how the romans kept failing at invading persia for hundreds of years and Alexander the Great did it in a couple of years
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its amazing how the romans kept failing at invading persia for hundreds of years and Alexander the Great did it in a couple of years
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Ali
Rome: You're either with us or against us.
Persia: We're against you. in fact, we're gonna be a pain in your Roman rectums.
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Rome: You're either with us or against us.
Persia: We're against you. in fact, we're gonna be a pain in your Roman rectums.
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bearcb
Theres a good historical novel about him, Julian, by Gore Vidal. As a warning, you might not like it if youre Christian.
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Theres a good historical novel about him, Julian, by Gore Vidal. As a warning, you might not like it if youre Christian.
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