Jan Willem Drijvers is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Groningen and the author of Cyril of Jerusalem: Bishop and City and Helena Augusta: The Mother of Constantine the Great and the Legend of Her Finding of the True Cross, among other titles.

• List of Map(s) and Illustrations Abbreviations and Conventions Preface Introduction Part I History 1. Rise to Power 2. Retreat and Treaty 3. Ruling the Empire 3.1 Statues, Inscriptions and Coins3.2 Legislation3.3 Officials3.4 The West 4. Religious Policy4.1 Jovian and Athanasius4.2 A Law on Religious Tolerance? 5. Death Part II Fiction 6. The Julian Romance 7. History of Scholarship 8. The Jovian Narrative8.1 Julian and Jovian8.2 Jovian and Arimihr8.3 Jovian and Shapur8.4 Jovian's Election8.5 The Peace Treaty8.6 Anti-Judaism8.7 Edessa8.8 The Nisibis Connection8.9 Jovian: A New Constantine 9. Some Considerations Epilogue Appendices1. Chronology and Itinerary of the Retreat2. The Size of Jovian's Army3. The Eusebius Narrative4. Dates in the Jovian Narrative5. Names in the Jovian Narrative Primary Sources Bibliography Index

Drijvers has given us the definitive guide to Jovian's reign, an important survey of its Syriac reception, and a crucial reinterpretation of Jovian's place with the roster of late Roman emperors.

Jan Willem Drijvers is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Groningen and the author of Cyril of Jerusalem: Bishop and City and Helena Augusta: The Mother of Constantine the Great and the Legend of Her Finding of the True Cross, among other titles.

• List of Map(s) and Illustrations Abbreviations and Conventions Preface Introduction Part I History 1. Rise to Power 2. Retreat and Treaty 3. Ruling the Empire 3.1 Statues, Inscriptions and Coins3.2 Legislation3.3 Officials3.4 The West 4. Religious Policy4.1 Jovian and Athanasius4.2 A Law on Religious Tolerance? 5. Death Part II Fiction 6. The Julian Romance 7. History of Scholarship 8. The Jovian Narrative8.1 Julian and Jovian8.2 Jovian and Arimihr8.3 Jovian and Shapur8.4 Jovian's Election8.5 The Peace Treaty8.6 Anti-Judaism8.7 Edessa8.8 The Nisibis Connection8.9 Jovian: A New Constantine 9. Some Considerations Epilogue Appendices1. Chronology and Itinerary of the Retreat2. The Size of Jovian's Army3. The Eusebius Narrative4. Dates in the Jovian Narrative5. Names in the Jovian Narrative Primary Sources Bibliography Index

Drijvers has given us the definitive guide to Jovian's reign, an important survey of its Syriac reception, and a crucial reinterpretation of Jovian's place with the roster of late Roman emperors.

Jan Willem Drijvers is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Groningen and the author of Cyril of Jerusalem: Bishop and City and Helena Augusta: The Mother of Constantine the Great and the Legend of Her Finding of the True Cross, among other titles.

• List of Map(s) and Illustrations Abbreviations and Conventions Preface Introduction Part I History 1. Rise to Power 2. Retreat and Treaty 3. Ruling the Empire 3.1 Statues, Inscriptions and Coins3.2 Legislation3.3 Officials3.4 The West 4. Religious Policy4.1 Jovian and Athanasius4.2 A Law on Religious Tolerance? 5. Death Part II Fiction 6. The Julian Romance 7. History of Scholarship 8. The Jovian Narrative8.1 Julian and Jovian8.2 Jovian and Arimihr8.3 Jovian and Shapur8.4 Jovian's Election8.5 The Peace Treaty8.6 Anti-Judaism8.7 Edessa8.8 The Nisibis Connection8.9 Jovian: A New Constantine 9. Some Considerations Epilogue Appendices1. Chronology and Itinerary of the Retreat2. The Size of Jovian's Army3. The Eusebius Narrative4. Dates in the Jovian Narrative5. Names in the Jovian Narrative Primary Sources Bibliography Index

Drijvers has given us the definitive guide to Jovian's reign, an important survey of its Syriac reception, and a crucial reinterpretation of Jovian's place with the roster of late Roman emperors.