This article is divided into 4 parts
Part 1 speaks
Julian's anger
Part 2
Julian's march
Part 3 speaks
The popular welcome to Julian
Part 4
Death of Constantius
1
In the previous article, we told the story of Julian after he became Augustus, and this time, we will talk about Julian and Constantius officially going to war.
When Julian heard Constantius's letter that he was an orphan, and that he had taken care of him from childhood to adulthood, julian's decades-long repressed anguish erupted in an instant.
When the messenger of Constantius read this passage, he directly interrupted the messenger's words and shouted with great excitement: "This Constantius said that I was an orphan, and he, the murderer of my whole family, had the face to say that I was an orphan!" ”
When the common people heard Julian's anger, their emotions became very excited, and they expressed their intention to kill Constantius.
The emissaries of Constantius saw this scene and probably felt that they were going to die, but fortunately Julian was able to calmly send someone to protect him and return to Constantius.
The war officially began, and these troops, who had been killed at the beginning and refused to leave Gaul, expressed their desire to live and die with Julian at the call of Julian and travel to the ends of the earth.
2
Julian's army held an oath-taking ceremony before setting out, in which the soldiers drew their swords and pointed them at their throats and recited their vows to give their lives to save Gaul and conquer the foreigners.
Only one person had been opposed to this ceremony, and that man was the commander of the Janissaries, who had always advocated listening to Constantius.
The simplest reason he would argue this was that he had been sent by Constantius, so he was naturally loyal to Constantius, but when he offered to support Constantius, the common people of Gaul cut off one of his arms.
After the swearing-in ceremony, Julian divided his troops into the area ruled by Constantius.
The most difficult task to be carried out by these armies was the army led by Julian himself, because the army he led had to pass through the dark forest, which at that time could be said to be no man's land, so for a long time, no one knew whether Julian's army was dead or alive.
Of course, Julian must have come out of the forest alive with this army, otherwise there would be no history written by this author today.
When he walked out of the forest, he quickly came to the meeting point of several armies, and when the local people heard about the arrival of his army, they sent delegations to express their willingness to submit.
Of course, not all along the way is necessarily submissive, and occasionally there are armies to resist.
When Julian came to Illyria, an army led by Lucilian attacked Julian's army.
Julian was very calm in the face of this attack, and he directly used a small plan to capture the head of this army, Lucilian alive.
When Lucilian was brought to Julian, he was so frightened that he trembled, and When Julian saw that he was so afraid of himself, he smiled and told him not to be afraid.
After being comforted by Julian, Lucilian's courage grew, and he began to complain to Julian that he was not convinced and wanted to fight again.
Julian listened to his disobedience and said with a contemptuous smile, "You are a general of the defeated army before me, and you will keep these words to say to your master." ”
3
Then Julian led his troops on their way to one of the most prosperous areas of Illyria, where the people did not resist and sent delegations to express their submission.
The local people lined up to welcome Julian into the city and guided Julian to the royal palace.
During Julian's days in town, the circuit celebrates with all sorts of races.
Three days later, Julian left the city to continue eastward, and wherever he went next, the common people welcomed him, and on this march he came to Athens and Rome, and spoke at the Roman Senate, accusing Constantius of his tyranny.
4
While Julian's army marched wildly, what was Constantius doing?
Wouldn't you think he was anxiously preparing for battle, and if you think so, you'd be wrong.
Constantius was suffering from a serious illness at this time, and at this time he probably thought that he would personally slaughter Julian when he was well, but he did not carry the disease in the end, and could only announce on his deathbed that he would give his place to Julian to inherit (if he did not give the seat to Julian, his wife and children would face the danger of being slaughtered by Julian), and after saying these last words, he closed his eyes and left this world.
He did not live long, at the age of 45 (died 361 AD), and his death marked the death of all of Constantine's sons and the victory of Julian.
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References:
A history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
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