Abstract
Argues that Julian the legislator had three personae; his own as personally the author of laws and letters; his legislative image as filtered by observers; and the truncated version preserved in the legal extracts of the Theodosian Code. Although the fist is more vivid (and perverse), the last is also important as a reminder of the routine duties of an emperor and the power of the Theodosian compilers to edit and thus change the past.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Julian the Apostate: the emperor as author |
| Editors | Nic Baker-Brian, Shaun Tougher |
| Publisher | Classical Press of Wales |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |