His army was resisted by Merena and defeated at the Battle of Samarra by the forces of Shapur II, where he recieved a fatal spear to the back after his failed siege of Ctesiphon, the Sassanid capital.
This man ended the exile of Lucifer, Bishop of Caligari and was tutored by Maximus of Ephesus after being raised in secret by the Arian Eusebius. His army was resisted by Merena and defeated at the Battle of Samarra by the forces of Shapur II, where he recieved a fatal spear to the back after his failed siege of Ctesiphon, the Sassanid capital. His dispute with the scholars of Antioch led him to author the satirical (*) Misopogon, or Beard-Hater, and he extended state control over education and charities in a domestic campaign that also saw an attempt to rebuild the Jewish Temple and the publication of his "Against the Galileans." Succeeded by Jovian, for 10 points, name this Roman emperor who gained his epithet after announcing his conversion to paganism in 361 CE.
This man ended the exile of Lucifer, Bishop of Caligari and was tutored by Maximus of Ephesus after being raised in secret by the Arian Eusebius.
{Julian} [or {Julian} the {Apostate}; or {Julianus Apostata}; or {Flavius} Claudius {Julianus}]