10-30-2003, 01:17 PM
I find the final entries of your impressive list not evaluated properly. He did not win the persian war!<br>
Had he won then after his death the emperor substitute Jovian would not have offered very bad peace terms to Shapor!!! Come now. Do you really think a true roman dominance, resulting from a true victory, would have been so easily given up? I think Julian was foolish to want to try in persia or at least was foolish to insist, once things started going wrong to the point of burning the transport ships. Had he pulled it off successfuly history would have judged him a great gereral. But he did not succeed and you cann't hide this major blemish behind smoke screens.<br>
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I think Julian's victory was very VERY nominal (on paper) and not at all concrete. He might have won a major battle infront of Ctestiphon but he did not win the war. I like Julian. I think Julian was an impressive figure but more tragic than truely great. His outdated religious policy and persian policy were ultimately failures. His great victory against the alemanni was crucial for the suvival of the roman empire but I am not the only person to think that his failure in persia almost cancelled the beneficial effect as the army was materially and morally weakened.<br>
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Had he won then after his death the emperor substitute Jovian would not have offered very bad peace terms to Shapor!!! Come now. Do you really think a true roman dominance, resulting from a true victory, would have been so easily given up? I think Julian was foolish to want to try in persia or at least was foolish to insist, once things started going wrong to the point of burning the transport ships. Had he pulled it off successfuly history would have judged him a great gereral. But he did not succeed and you cann't hide this major blemish behind smoke screens.<br>
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I think Julian's victory was very VERY nominal (on paper) and not at all concrete. He might have won a major battle infront of Ctestiphon but he did not win the war. I like Julian. I think Julian was an impressive figure but more tragic than truely great. His outdated religious policy and persian policy were ultimately failures. His great victory against the alemanni was crucial for the suvival of the roman empire but I am not the only person to think that his failure in persia almost cancelled the beneficial effect as the army was materially and morally weakened.<br>
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Jeffery Wyss
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
