Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Julian

Battles of Julian

last Pagan Roman emperor, reigned 361 to 363, AD 331 to AD 363

Julian is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 356 and AD 363: 3 battles and 5 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in France (5), Iraq (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,671 km apart end to end, 667 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Julian's Persian expedition (2), Germanic Wars (1).

Siege of AutunSiege of SenonaeSiege of PerisaborBattle of DurocortorumBattle of BrumathBattle of StrasbourgSiege of MaiozamalchaSiege of PirisaboraBattle of BrumathBattle of StrasbourgSiege of PirisaboraAthensKyivViennaGenevaBarcelonaAlexandriaAnkaraAlgiersTel AvivMilan1000 km41.120N, 23.932E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 356: 4 engagements4 in AD 356AD 357: 1 engagementsAD 363: 3 engagementsAD 356AD 363
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Durocortorum, AD 356Battle of Brumath, AD 356Siege of Autun, AD 356Siege of Senonae, AD 356Battle of Strasbourg, AD 357Siege of Maiozamalcha, AD 363Siege of Pirisabora, AD 363Siege of Perisabor, AD 363AD 356AD 363
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 356Battle of DurocortorumReims, FranceAlamanni victory
AD 356Battle of BrumathBrumath, France273 km ERoman victory
AD 356Siege of AutunAugustodunum, France322 km SWRoman victory
AD 356Siege of SenonaeSens, France158 km NWRoman victory
July AD 357Battle of StrasbourgArgentoratum, France326 km ERoman victory
AD 363Siege of MaiozamalchaMaogamalcha, Iraq3,504 km ERoman victory
27 April AD 363Siege of PirisaboraAnbar, Iraq86 km WRoman victory
27 April AD 363Siege of PerisaborPerisabor, Iraq0 km NRoman victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, ANS, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.