Quote Originally Posted by Julian the apostate
This belongs in the monestary but i'm a new member so i'm here. nonetheless for everyone not just the historians

me...
Julian the apostate
financial mastermind, philosopher, returned the empire to paganism or tried, military genius, religious freedom, reformer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_the_Apostate


almost restored the empire. Restored the german frontier. Almost took the persian capital before dying from some sources to a christian within his own ranks
I'm not exactly sure how accurate the account was, but I must admit that I myself find the character of Julian the Apostate to be of great interest, and one of the most overlooked emperors of the late Roman era. He seems as if to live on the same dream I often evoked as a dreamy child: attempting to revive dying empires with a breath of personal conviction and a life of glory.

Of course, one can never be sure he will be as great as it might seem at first glance.

It's as if he got the same treatment as "Brokeback Mountain," a one-liner slap-and-forget description: for him, "Tried to reverse Christianity, died early;" for the movie in comparison, "Gay cowboys."

However, I think I could blame history for that. It's often very cruel to those who lost.


Quote Originally Posted by dragomix
Are you have brain tumor or something. HITLER? Men who killed 10 000 000 people.
It might be sarcasm or it might not, but fascination in a character so morbidly extreme is actually pretty common and in no way automatically dictates that it is the same as admiration.