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Julian II, AE 1 - *
Double Maiorina struck in Antioch, 3 rd officina
D N FL CL IVLI  ANVS P F AVG, Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Julianus right
SECURITAS REIPUB, Bull to right, two stars above. ANT gamma  between two branches at exergue
8.73 gr
Ref : Cohen #38, RC #4072, LRBC #2641

Julian II, AE 1 - *

Double Maiorina struck in Antioch, 3 rd officina
D N FL CL IVLI ANVS P F AVG, Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Julianus right
SECURITAS REIPUB, Bull to right, two stars above. ANT gamma between two branches at exergue
8.73 gr
Ref : Cohen #38, RC #4072, LRBC #2641

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rover1.3   [Feb 16, 2011 at 11:58 AM]
On the Outskirts of Antioch

We in Antioch were astonished when we heard what Julian was up to now.
Apollo had made things clear to him at Daphni: he didn't want to give an oracle (as though we cared!), he didn't intend to speak prophetically unless his temple at Daphni was purified first.
The nearby dead, he declared, got on his nerves.
There are many tombs at Daphni. One of those buried there was the triumphant and holy martyr Vavylas, wonder and glory of our church. It was him the false god hinted at, him he feared. As long as he felt him near he didn't dare pronounce his oracle: not a murmur. (The false gods are terrified of our martyrs.) The unholy Julian got worked up, lost his temper and shouted: "Raise him, carry him out, take him away immediately, this Vavylas. You there, do you hear? He gets on Apollo's nerves. Grab him, raise him at once, dig him out, take him wherever you want, take him away, throw him out. I'm not fooling around. Apollo said the temple has to be purified."

We took it, the holy relic, and carried it elsewhere. We took it, we carried it in love and in honour.
And hasn't the temple done brilliantly since! In no time at all a colossal fire broke out, a terrible fire, and both the temple and Apollo burned to the ground. Ashes the idol: to be thrown out with the garbage.
Julian blew up, and he spread it around- what else could he do? -that we, the Christians, had set the fire.
Let him say so. It hasn't been proven. Let him say so.
The essential point is: he blew up.

Constantine P. Cavafy

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