- his tutor gave him a love for the classics, the murder of his family made him unhappy with Christianity - was made Caesar in 355, defeated the Franks and Alamanni in Gaul, wasvery popular, a good administrator
- openly declared himself to be a pagan - deprived the church of its privileges, and Christians were excluded from teaching (which was based on the pagan Greek classics) - he encouraged disunity in the church
- attempted to reorganize paganism along the lines of Christianity, but was resisted by the pagans - attempted to rebuild the Temple but “miraculously” was stopped - wounded in a skirmish against the Persians and never recovered
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