- Julian the Apostate: Natural history of a family under the late empire - Lucien Jerphagnon - Books

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  • excellent biography by a distinguished Hellenist and Latin scholar  

    Julian the Apostate: Natural history of a family under the Lower Empire (Paperback)
    I remain puzzled by the lack of recognition in France to Lucien Jerphagnon. Is it because the historian of religions took the posthumous defense of the Emperor Julian the first wiping under the canonical pen Jacques de Voragine, author of the Golden
  • The trainee of glory  

    Julian the Apostate: Natural history of a family under the Lower Empire (Paperback)
    With "Julian the Apostate" Lucien Jerphagnon sign the biography of one of the elders that are part of his personal pantheon, perhaps with Plato, Plotinus and St. Augustine. The book, relatively short (300 pages) emphasizes the unusual career of
  • The Last Emperor "pagan"  

    Julian the Apostate: Natural history of a family under the Lower Empire (Paperback)
    Lucien Jerphagnon, historian of ancient Rome, here offers a portrait of the last emperor "pagan", which lets show through his affection for the character (this often happens to biographers) and for his ideas. He sees the conversion to Christiani