Dream Divination in a Context of Social Disruption

Julian's Vision of the Two Trees

Bibliographic Data

ID3433176
AuthorsBronwen Neil (0000-0002-6626-3693, Macquarie University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume15
Issue6
Pages631
Publication date2024-05-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel15060631
OpenAlexW4398183589
LanguageEN
References cited17

The late Roman discourse on divinatory dreams and their interpretation reflects a context of cultural fragmentation. The political turbulence of the 350s to 360s was due partly to the ongoing external war with the (Persian) Sasanians, but also to the internal struggle between the heirs of Constantine for rule over the Roman empire, still undergoing a process of Christianization when Julian was acclaimed Augustus in 360. A third arena of fragmentation was religious beliefs and practices during the 350s and 360s. The contested transformation of Rome in the religious sphere was the context of Julian's dynastic vision of the two trees, received in late 358 or 359

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Divination · Dream · Empire · Literature · Political science · Politics · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology

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