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<p>[QUOTE="Voulgaroktonou, post: 7663129, member: 84047"]I’ve always had a fondness for Julian, from my childhood reading of Ammianus Marcellinus, Gibbon, and even Gore Vidal’s 1964 novel Julian! Later, in graduate school, my special author was Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, one of the greatest of the Christian Latin poets. Born in Spain in 348, Prudentius abandoned a successful administrative career to follow poetry’s muse, for which I, if no one else, am grateful.</p><p><br /></p><p>In his work, Apotheosis, lines 446-459, the poet describes how as a youth he caught a glimpse of the emperor, and speaks of him with some grudging admiration in that marvelous verse: “perfidus ille deo, quamvis non perfidus orbi”.</p><p>("that one, not faithful to God, although faithful to the world.")</p><p><br /></p><p>............................…iam purpura supplex</p><p>sternitur Aeneadae rectoris ad atria Christi,</p><p>vexillumque crucis summus dominator adorat.</p><p>principibus tamen e cunctis non defuit unus</p><p>ME PUERO, UT MEMINI, DUCTOR FORTISSIMUS ARMIS,</p><p>CONDITOR ET LEGUM, CELEBERRIMUS ORE MANUQUE,</p><p>CONSULTOR PATRIAE, SED NON CONSULTOR HABENDAE</p><p>RELLIGIONIS, AMANS TER CENTUM MILIA DIVUM.</p><p>PERFIDUS ILLE DEO, QUAMVIS NON PERFIDUS ORBI,</p><p>augustum caput ante pedes curvare Minervae</p><p>fictilis et soleas Iunonis lambere, plantis</p><p>Herculis advolvi, genua incerare Dianae,</p><p>quin et Apollineo frontem submittere gypso</p><p>aut Pollucis equum suffire ardentibus extis.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now the successor of Aeneas, in the imperial purple, prostrates himself in prayer at the house of Christ, </p><p>and the supreme lord adores the banner of the cross. </p><p>YET OF ALL THE EMPERORS ONE THERE WAS </p><p>IN MY BOYHOOD, I REMEMBER, A BRAVE LEADER IN ARMS, </p><p>A LAWGIVER, FAMOUS FOR SPEECH AND ACTION, </p><p>ONE WHO CARED FOR HIS COUNTRY’S WEAL, BUT NOT FOR MAINTAINING TRUE RELIGION, FOR HE LOVED MYRIAD GODS. </p><p>FALSE TO GOD, HOWEVER TRUE TO THE WORLD, </p><p>he would bend the head of majesty before Minerva’s feet, </p><p>would lick a clay Juno’s sandals, </p><p>grovel at the feet of Hercules, wax the knees of Diana, </p><p>and bow before a plaster Apollo </p><p>or smoke Pollux’s horse with the burning of entrails.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few of my Julians:</p><p><br /></p><p>Julian II. AD 360-363. Arelate, 2nd officina, 361-3.</p><p>AR Reduced Siliqua, 2.05 gr. 17 mm. 7 h </p><p>Obv: DN FL CL IVLI - ANVS PF AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bearded bust right. </p><p>Rev: VOT/X/MVLT/XX in four lines within laurel wreath with medallion in its center containing an eagle standing right. Beneath, SCONST.</p><p>References: RIC 309. Ex 1887 East Harptree, Somerset Hoard (IRBCH 1424). CNG 109, Sept. 12 2018, lot 731.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1317139[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Julian II. AD 360-363. Arelate, 2nd officina, 361-3.</p><p>AR Reduced Siliqua, 2.62 gr. 17.9 mm. 12 h </p><p>Obv: DN FL CL IVL - IANVS PF AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bearded bust right. </p><p>Rev: VOT/X/MVLT/XX in four lines within laurel wreath with medallion in its center containing an eagle standing right. Beneath, SCONST.</p><p>References: RIC 310. Ex 1887 East Harptree, Somerset Hoard (IRBCH 1424).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1317140[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Voulgaroktonou, post: 7663129, member: 84047"]I’ve always had a fondness for Julian, from my childhood reading of Ammianus Marcellinus, Gibbon, and even Gore Vidal’s 1964 novel Julian! Later, in graduate school, my special author was Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, one of the greatest of the Christian Latin poets. Born in Spain in 348, Prudentius abandoned a successful administrative career to follow poetry’s muse, for which I, if no one else, am grateful. In his work, Apotheosis, lines 446-459, the poet describes how as a youth he caught a glimpse of the emperor, and speaks of him with some grudging admiration in that marvelous verse: “perfidus ille deo, quamvis non perfidus orbi”. ("that one, not faithful to God, although faithful to the world.") ............................…iam purpura supplex sternitur Aeneadae rectoris ad atria Christi, vexillumque crucis summus dominator adorat. principibus tamen e cunctis non defuit unus ME PUERO, UT MEMINI, DUCTOR FORTISSIMUS ARMIS, CONDITOR ET LEGUM, CELEBERRIMUS ORE MANUQUE, CONSULTOR PATRIAE, SED NON CONSULTOR HABENDAE RELLIGIONIS, AMANS TER CENTUM MILIA DIVUM. PERFIDUS ILLE DEO, QUAMVIS NON PERFIDUS ORBI, augustum caput ante pedes curvare Minervae fictilis et soleas Iunonis lambere, plantis Herculis advolvi, genua incerare Dianae, quin et Apollineo frontem submittere gypso aut Pollucis equum suffire ardentibus extis. Now the successor of Aeneas, in the imperial purple, prostrates himself in prayer at the house of Christ, and the supreme lord adores the banner of the cross. YET OF ALL THE EMPERORS ONE THERE WAS IN MY BOYHOOD, I REMEMBER, A BRAVE LEADER IN ARMS, A LAWGIVER, FAMOUS FOR SPEECH AND ACTION, ONE WHO CARED FOR HIS COUNTRY’S WEAL, BUT NOT FOR MAINTAINING TRUE RELIGION, FOR HE LOVED MYRIAD GODS. FALSE TO GOD, HOWEVER TRUE TO THE WORLD, he would bend the head of majesty before Minerva’s feet, would lick a clay Juno’s sandals, grovel at the feet of Hercules, wax the knees of Diana, and bow before a plaster Apollo or smoke Pollux’s horse with the burning of entrails. A few of my Julians: Julian II. AD 360-363. Arelate, 2nd officina, 361-3. AR Reduced Siliqua, 2.05 gr. 17 mm. 7 h Obv: DN FL CL IVLI - ANVS PF AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bearded bust right. Rev: VOT/X/MVLT/XX in four lines within laurel wreath with medallion in its center containing an eagle standing right. Beneath, SCONST. References: RIC 309. Ex 1887 East Harptree, Somerset Hoard (IRBCH 1424). CNG 109, Sept. 12 2018, lot 731. [ATTACH=full]1317139[/ATTACH] Julian II. AD 360-363. Arelate, 2nd officina, 361-3. AR Reduced Siliqua, 2.62 gr. 17.9 mm. 12 h Obv: DN FL CL IVL - IANVS PF AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bearded bust right. Rev: VOT/X/MVLT/XX in four lines within laurel wreath with medallion in its center containing an eagle standing right. Beneath, SCONST. References: RIC 310. Ex 1887 East Harptree, Somerset Hoard (IRBCH 1424). [ATTACH=full]1317140[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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