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Julian

Julian
Gore Vidal

Julian is a 1964 novel by Gore Vidal, a work of historical fiction written primarily in the first person dealing with the life of the Roman emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus, , who reigned 360–363 C.E.

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“Traitors who prevail are patriots; usurpers who succeed are divine emperors.”

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Source: 1960s, Julian (1964), Chapter 13, Helena

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“How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.”

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Source: 1960s, Julian (1964), Chapter 1, Libanius to Priscus, Antioch March 380

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“History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place.”

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“Never offend an enemy in a small way.”

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