356 Consul (with Constantius II consul VIII); Julian liberates Cologne; war against the Alamans
357 Consul II (with Constantius II consul IX); Constantius' state visit to Rome;
Battlefield of Strasbourg
Julian defeats the Alamans near Argentoratum (modern Strasbourg) and campaigns beyond the Rhine
358 Constantius successfully campaigns against the Sarmatians, Quadi, and Limigantes; Barbatio repels an attack of the Juthungi on Raetia; Julian attacks the Franks along the Meuse
359 Julian again across the Rhine; fall of Barbatio; Constantius' second campaign against the Limigantes; the Sasanian king Shapur II captures Amida; Constantius to the east; treason trials
360 Consul III (with Constantius II consul X); Julian proclaimed emperor in Lutetia, attacks the Franks, visits Vienne, accepts the titles Germanicus maximus, Alamannicus maximus, Francicus maximus, and Sarmaticus maximus
361 Constantius in Mesopotamia, prepares war against Julian; dies during his march to the west; Julian sole ruler; enters Constantinople, confesses his pagan beliefs; First Edict of Religious Tolerance; publishes his Hymn to Helios, Hymn to the Mother of the gods, Against the Galileans, Caesares
A dead Julian, shown in Taq-e Bostan, Iran
362 Julian to Antioch; publishes Misopogon
362, 17 June: Edict on Teaching (against the Christians)
363 Consul IV (with Flavius Sallustius); leaves Alexandria to fight against the Persians; invades Mesopotamia, reaches Ctesiphon,
Julian
361 Bishops Georgios returns to Alexandria, where he is lynched
362 Athanasius returns to Alexandria, and forced to flee; fire in the temple of Apollo in Daphne (near Antioch); martyrdom of Dorotheus of Tyre; persecution of Christians in Baalbek
363 Attempt to rebuild the Jewish temple of Jerusalem; fire in the temple of Apollo on the Palatine
