Flavius Claudius Iulianus

Category
POLITICS

Language
LATIN

Julian, whose full name was Flavius Claudius Julianus, was born at Constantinople, probably in 331, into the family of the reigning emperor, Constantine I.[6] His father was Julius Constantius, Constantine's younger half-brother, and his mother was a Bithynian noble named Basilina, daughter of a high-ranking bureaucrat, Julianus, who had served as praetorian prefect and head of government under the late emperor Licinius.[7] Julian's mother died shortly after he was born, and he spent his childhood in Constantinople, forming a lasting attachment to the city.[8] Julian was probably raised with Greek as his first language,[7] and, being the nephew of Rome's first Christian emperor, he was brought up under the Christian faith.[8]

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