- History, Emperors, Gay men's writings, American, Fiction
Julian the Apostate, nephew of Constantine the Great, was one of the brightest yet briefest lights in the history of the Roman Empire.
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Classical in form, prestige, epic and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Gore Vidal
- First published
- 1964
- Pages
- 502
- Publisher
- Vintage International, Salvat, Modern Library
- Editions
- 30
- Language
- Spanish, German, English
- ISBN
- 9780905712390
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“"Yesterday morning as I was about to enter the lecture hall, I was stopped by a Christian student who asked me in a voice eager with malice, ""Have you heard about the Emperor Theodosius?"""”
Gore Vidal (full name: Eugene Luther Gore Vidal Jr.) was a renowned American author.
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