360

Events in 360 1

• 360 – 363 Julian the Apostate — the last pagan emperor Julian II, nephew of Constantine, is the last Roman emperor to attempt to reverse the Christianisation of the empire. A gifted soldier and intellectual, he is raised a Christian but privately converts to Neoplatonism. On becoming emperor in 360 AD he restores pagan temples, removes Christian privileges and attempts to revive the old religion. He dies on campaign against Persia in 363 AD — pierced by a spear, possibly thrown by one of his own men. "Thou hast conquered, O Galilean" — his reported dying words, probably apocryphal.