Against the Galileans by Julian the Apostate
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English - November 11, 2011 11:02 - 10 minutes - 10.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsHistory empire history book edward gibbon reviews roman Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Not many leaders in history write books. Quite a few don't read books. Those that do put pen to paper rarely write anything of more than historical interest. But even among the small number that do stand up to scrutiny, Julian the Apostate's lengthy polemic 'Against the Galileans', his critique of the Christianity of his time, is a completely unique document. There really is nothing to compare it with.