EMPEROR JULIAN: OUR RACE AND STATE IS GREEK

«I myself recognise that our city is Greek, both in descent and as to its construction»

                 — Roman Emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus

Emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus was the Caesar of the West from 355 to 360 and Roman emperor from 361 to 363. In his work "Hymn to king Helios" he firmly supports the Greekness of his empire, that is, the Roman Empire. This testimony is of the utmost importance for the understanding of the cultural character of the Roman Empire, especially when promoters of Anti-Greek propaganda support that the continuity of the Hellenic race was interrupted by the Romans and that Greeks are not heirs of the Roman empire.