
Jeremy Swist on Julian, Part II: The Emperor’s Religio-Philosophic Project
Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)
Julian's Tolerance to the Roman Empire
The closest Julian comes to anything like that is shortly after his accession, when pagan groups in Alexandria lynched a bishop named George. He basically gave them a tongue lashing, a slap on the wrist, but didn't really punish them for this murder. And so that's sort of, so him kind of looking the other way or, you know, a token kind of slap on the wrists who some of this anti-Christian violence wasKind of the, as far as he went in terms of any sort of violent policy toward the Christians; we can at least based on the evidence that we can say it is reliable.
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