Julian and the Bakuza Theo in Paris

Constantius elevated Julian because he wanted to keep power in the family, but on the other hand, he didn't want anybody to rival his supremacy. After various military victories, Julian became pretty popular himself. And what Constantius did to deal with it eventually was tell Julian in a letter, hey, I need to go fight a war against the Persians. Can you send me half of your whole entire army? Well, that backfired because Julian presented this plan to his troops who were largely natives to the area of Gaul in Germany, etc. So they decided, you know what, we don't have to listen to this guy. Why don't you be our Augustus?"