This article is divided into 4 parts
Part 1 speaks
Julian officially became the supreme ruler of the Roman Empire
Part 2
Julian's work
Part 3 speaks
Julian's work was successful
Part 4
Julian's philosophy
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In the previous article, we talked about julian's official war with Constantius, and as a result, Constantius died before he could fight Julian. This time, we'll talk about what happened after Julian officially became the supreme ruler of the Roman Empire.
Julian's army was welcomed by many civilians along the way as it marched east, and when his army was nearly 100 kilometers away from Constantinople, the new capital of the Roman Empire, he saw a group of people who warmly welcomed him, and at this time he estimated that this should be the inhabitants of the town near Constantinople.
But what he did not expect was that these people were the inhabitants of Constantinople, and they actually came a hundred miles away to greet him.
Thus, on the last nearly a hundred kilometers, Julian's army marched with the common people of Constantinople.
Arriving at the gates of Constantinople, Julian entered the city as a victor with the cheers of the crowd.
After entering the city, Julian truly became the supreme ruler of the entire Roman Empire, and this year, he was only 32 years old.
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Next, let's talk about his reign in the Roman Empire.
According to historical records, after he became the supreme ruler, he was not busy with pleasure every day, but diligently performed the duties of a supreme ruler.
What is this responsibility?
The answer is to take responsibility for the thousands of subjects under their rule so that they can live a better life during their reign.
Julian has a lot to do in a day, but he doesn't eat big fish and meat, but light dishes.
For Julian, light dishes keep his body healthy and comfortable, allowing him to have enough energy to cope with the daily work.
In everyone's impression, when an emperor can eat and sleep every day, sleep and eat, and can also sit in the harem beauty three thousand, it is undoubtedly the best errand in the world.
This is actually only half right, why say it is only half right?
For a fainting emperor, his life is indeed like this, but for an emperor who thinks of making the country prosperous and the people live and work in peace and contentment, his life is far from being so happy, because there will be a lot of heavy work waiting for him.
In the face of these jobs, an emperor may have to show a variety of identities, such as Julian in the work in addition to the role of emperor can also play a writer, pope, civil official, general and other various roles.
Why did he play so many roles?
Because he had to meet with a variety of people throughout the day, and in the face of these people, Julian had to know how to play a variety of roles in order to better understand their ideas, and thus wrote a large number of accurate letters (relatively unimportant letters were written by the secretary).
In addition to meeting with these men, Julian listened to the letters he had just received and considered them at a very fast pace, while asking the secretary to record his solutions.
The author estimates that being Yurian's secretary is a very tiring job, because Julian is a complete workaholic, working as a secretary around a workaholic, and estimating that overtime is commonplace.
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At night, after the day's work was over, Julian hurried back to his study after eating his light dinner, and read until he was going to sleep, unless there was an emergency to interrupt, otherwise he spent almost the night after becoming emperor.
Author's testimonial: Seeing the historical data describing Julian's life after becoming emperor, I feel that this is really not an ordinary person, it is simply a working machine.
Of course, his work was also very fruitful, and after he stayed in the royal palace in Constantinople, he found that the money to be paid to the royal staff of the palace was even higher than the cost of the legion.
In addition to the royal staff of the palace, a lot of food in the palace, the cost is not generally high.
Why is the cost of these foods so high, because some of these foods come from distant countries, and some come from the other side of the ocean.
For these expensive expenses, he did not choose to maintain, but chose to cancel.
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Julian was a practical man, which completely distinguished him from many of the past emperors of the Roman Empire.
Many of the emperors of the Roman Empire in the past liked to go to the speedway to watch interesting races under the banner of having fun with the people.
But Julian had no interest in these games, and he returned to the palace after a symbolic attendance at best.
For his behavior, many ordinary people said that he was too inhuman.
Julian responded that if you don't spend your time benefiting people or increasing your own knowledge, you are the greatest waste of life.
The common people heard What Julian said, and their reverence for Julian went up to another level.
At this point, this article will be the end of the content, we will see you tomorrow.
References:
A history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
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