Database: Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris (CHAP)

Title(s):

History of Julian's reign

Author:

Aploris

Period covered:

Julian

Language:

Syriac

State of Preservation:

Full

Genre:

Remarks:

The author is probably fictitious. The work is the third part of the so-called Syriac Julian Romance. Muraviev (1999: 206) argues that Aploris is a historical figure and identifies him with the historian Chorohbut. Gollancz (1928) suggests that Aploris is a corruption of Apolloris.

Edition - Translation:

H. Gollancz (1928) (tr.) Julian the Apostate. Oxford: 66-255.
J.G.E. Hoffmann (1880) (ed.) Julianus der Abtrünnige: Syrische Erzählungen. Leiden: 60-242.

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Bibliography:

A. Muraviev (1999) 'The Syriac Julian Romance and its place in the literary history'. Kristianskiy Vostok 17: 194-206.