Julian is killed by a thrown spear of a Persian rider in battle during a sandstorm.

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Related Conflict :	Campaign of Julian against Sassanid Persia
Perpetrator (Person) :	Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: retreat
Perpetrator (Group) :	Persian Army of Sapor II. Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Flavius Claudius Iulianus Apostata Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
Victim (Group) :	Roman Army of Julian Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Salminius Hermias Sozomenus, Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ ἱστορία/Historia ecclesiastica 6.1.13Salminius Hermias Sozomenus Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ ἱστορία/Historia ecclesiastica 6.1.13 Paste CTS-Link
Time Periode :	Roman Empire
Century :	A.D. 4
Year :	A.D. 363
Context :	battle regicide
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Application :	throwing weapon
Weapon :	javelin spear
Original Text :	Καρτερᾶς δὲ μάχης συστάσης, ἐξαπίνης βίαιος ἀνακινηθεὶς ἄνεμος, τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὸν ἥλιον τοῖς νέφεσιν ἐκάλυψε: τῷ δὲ ἀέρι τὴν κόνιν ἀνέμιξε: σκότους δὲ καὶ πολλῆς ἀχλύος οὔσης, παραδραμών τις ἱππεὺς φέρει ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα τὸ δόρυ, καὶ παίει καιρίαν: καὶ τοῦ ἵππου καταβαλὼν, ὅστις ἦν ἀπῆλθε λαθών: λέγουσι δὲ οἱ μὲν, Πέρσην: οἱ δὲ, Σαρακηνὸν εἶναι τοῦτον.
Translation :	-
Edition :	Sozomeni Ecclesiastica Historia Volumes 1-2, ed. Robert Hussey, E Typographeo Academico, Oxford 1860.
Remark :	context: Sozomenus offers an alternative account of Julians death, described in: "Julian is killed by a Roman soldier, who was angered by the emperor's incompetence."
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