This is the biography of Julian the Apostate, Emperor of Rome from 361 – 365 AD.  And if you, like myself, were confusing apostate with apostle, we were both very wrong, since an apostate is someone who renounces a religion.  Once I finally looked up the definition, matters became much clearer. Anyway, Julian, who was never expected to lead anyone, was the second nephew of Emperor Constantine the Great, who ruled the Roman Empire from Constantinople rather than Rome.  First nephew, or Julian’s older brother, […]