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Jeremy Swist on Julian, Part II: The Emperor’s Religio-Philosophic Project

Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)

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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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