Julian

“Gore Vidal’s Julian is about the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate. Julian was emperor from 361 to 363 AD and attempted to turn the empire back from Christianity to paganism. It is very much a literary novel. It has quite a complex structure whereby it starts with letters between Libanius and Priscus—two real pagan intellectuals—who write to each other about Julian after the emperor’s death.” Read more...

Historical Fiction Set in the Ancient World

Harry Sidebottom, Classicist