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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/comrade_batman on 2025-07-06 11:08:44+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of Julian the Apostate (nephew of Constantine the Great) the last non-Christian ruler of the Roman Empire, who rejected Christianity & promoted Neoplatonic Hellenism, believing it necessary to restore ancient Roman values & traditions to save it from dissolution at the expense of Christianity.