The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

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Scope Of Chapter XXIII. A.D.

• Religion of Julian

351

• His Education and Apostasy
• He embraces the Mythology of Paganism
• The Allegories
• Theological System of Julian
• Fanaticism of the Philosophers
• Initiation and Fanaticism of Julian
• His religious Dissimulation
• He writes against Christianity

361

• Universal Toleration

361-363

• Zeal and Devotion of Julian in the Restoration of Paganism
• Reformation of Paganism
• The Philosophers
• Conversions
• The Jews
• Description of Jerusalem
• Pilgrimages
• Julian attempts to rebuild the Temple
  • The Enterprise is defeated
  • Perhaps by a preternatural Event
• Partiality of Julian
• He prohibits the Christians from teaching Schools
• Disgrace and Oppression of the Christians
• They are condemned to restore the Pagan Temples
• The Temple and sacred Grove of Daphne
• Neglect and Profanation of Daphne

362

• Removal of the dead Bodies, and Conflagration of the Temple
• Julian shuts the Cathedral of Antioch
• George of Cappadoeia oppresses Alexandria and Egypt

361

• He is massacred by the People
• He is worshipped as a Saint and Martyr

362

• Restoration of Athanasius
• He is persecuted and expelled by Julian

361-363

• Zeal and Imprudence of the Christians

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