A lost source on the Persian campaign of Julian the Apostate

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The article covers the problem of sources of the so-called Syriac Julian Romance. It deals with a few previously overlooked testimonies which suggest that at least some of the information presented in the Romance is derived from a work written by a well-informed author of the fourth century, who was probably a contemporary and eyewitness of the reign of Julian and a veteran of the Persian campaign of 363.

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Mikhail A. Vedeshkin

Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

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кандидат исторических наук, старший научный сотрудник Центра интеллектуальной истории, доцент кафедры международной политики и зарубежного регионоведения

Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow

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