Julian Chart
The tables below are reproductions of the charts found in appendix 9 of Athanasius and Constantius: Theology and Politics in the Constantinian Empire (Cambridge: Harvard University Chart, 1993) by T.D. Barnes. Minor stylistic changes have been made to improve consistency.
The tables below are adapted and reproduced with permission from T.D. Barnes, Athanasius and Constantius: Theology and Politics in the Constantinian Empire (Cambridge: Harvard University Chart, 1993).
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Principal Residences
| Year | Location |
|---|---|
| 335/6, winter | Vienne |
| 336/7, winter | Sens |
| 358, Jan.–360 | Paris |
| 360/1, winter | Vienne |
Attested Movements
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 355, Nov. 6 | Proclaimed Caesar at Milan | Ammianus, 15.8.7; CIL 1, p. 277; Chr. min. 1.238; Socrates, HE 2.34.5 |
| 355, Nov. 6–30 | At Milan | Ammianus 15.8.18 |
| 355, Dec. 1 | Leaves Milan | Ammianus 15.8.18 |
| 355 | Travels via Turin to Vienne | Ammianus 15.8.18–21 |
| 355, Dec.–356, spring | At Vienne | Ammianus 16.1.1, 2.1 |
| 356, Apr./May | Present at the Council of Baeterrae? | Hilary, Ad Const. 2 (CSEL 65.198.5–15) |
| 356, June 24 | Reaches Autun | Ammianus 16.2.2 |
| 356 | Passes through Auxerre | Ammianus 16.2.5 |
| 356 | Advances via Troyes, Rheims, Decem Pagi, Brotomagus | Ammianus 16.2.6–8 |
| 356, c. Aug. | Recaptures Cologne | Ammianus 16.3.1/2, cf. Julian, Ep. ad Ath. 279b |
| 356 | Visits Trier | Ammianus 16.3.3 |
| 356/7 | Winters at Sens | Ammianus 16.3.3, 7.1, 11.1 |
| 357, spring | Goes to Rheims | Ammianus 16.11.1 |
| 357 | Marches toward Strasbourg and wins a victory over the Alamanni | Ammianus 16.11.8–12.67 |
| 357 | Returns to Tres Tabernae | Ammianus 17.1.1 |
| 357 | Goes to Mainz | Ammianus 17.1.2 |
| 357 | Conducts raid acrosss the Rhine | Ammianus 17.1.2/3 |
| 357, Dec.–358, Jan. | For 54 days besieges barbarians who had fortified a town on the Meuse | Ammianus 17.2.2/3 |
| 358, Jan.–July | Winters in Paris | Ammianus 17.2.4, 8.1 |
| 358, July–autumn | Campaigns against the Salian Franci in Toxandria | Ammianus 17.8.3–10.10 |
| 359, Jan. 1 | In winter-quarters at Paris | Ammianus 18.1.1 |
| 359 | Strengthens the Rhine frontier from Castra Herculis to Bingen | Ammianus 18.2.4 |
| 359 | Crosses the Rhine from Mainz and conducts a raid into German territory | Ammianus 18.2.7–19 |
| 360, Jan. 1 | In winter-quarters at Paris | Ammianus 20.1.1 |
| 360, Feb.? | Proclaimed Augustus at Paris | Julian, Ep. and Ath. 283a–285a; Ammianus 20.4.4–22; Zosimus 3.9.1–3 |
| 360, summer | Crosses the Rhine at Tricesima and attacks the Franci Attuarii | Ammianus 20.10.1/2 |
| 360, autumn | Marches up the left bank of the Rhine to Rauracum, then via Besançon to Vienne | Ammianus 20.10.3 |
| 360, Nov. 6–361, c. Mar. | Winters at Vienne | Ammianus 20.10.3; 21.1 (Nov. 6); 21.2.5 (Jan. 6), 3.1 |
| 361, spring | Attacks Germans, crosses the Rhine, and goes to Rauracum | Ammianus 21.3.3–4.8, 8.1 |
| 361 | Leaves Rauracum, advances up the Rhine, then down the Danube | Ammianus 21.8.1–10.2 |
| 361, mid-July | via Sirmium as far as the Pass of Succi | |
| 361 | Returns to Naissus | Ammianus 21.10.5 |
| 361 | At Naissus | Ammianus 21.12.1; Zosimus 3.11.2 |
| 361 | After receiving news of the death of Constantius, leaves Naissus and travels via Philippopolis and Heraclea/Perinthus to Constantinople | Ammianus 21.12.3; 22.2 |
| 361, Dec. 11 | Enters Constantinople | Ammianus 22.2.4; Chr. min. 1.240; Socrates, HE 3.1.2 |
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