The Emperor Julian
- ISBN-10
- 0520037316
- ISBN-13
- 9780520037311
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1978-01-01
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Robert Browning
Description
For he tells us later that the Bishop had an excellent library , containing not only Christian theology , but also works of the pagan rhetoricians and philosophers , including many of the Neoplatonic commentaries on the works of Plato ...
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