“The Caesars” of Julian as construction of political propaganda

Abstract

This article will seek to demonstrate how the satire elaborated by Emperor Julian, The Apostate (361 – 363 d. C.) called The Caesars, also now as Saturnalia or The banquet represented a political-religious propaganda in an attempt of the sovereign to elevate his qualifications as a ruler and implement its restorations measures of the ancient Roman cults. We will demonstrate how Julian exalts the figure of Marcus Aurelius, closest to his philosophical ideals, and at the same time, depreciates the figure of Constantine, who grants spaces to Christianity.