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363–379 AD: The Pagan Restoration & Rome’s Return to Hybrid Religion

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363-379 AD - THE PAGAN RESTORATION

Hybrid Roman Paganism Returns to Power

363 AD - Julian's Death & Immediate Reversal

June 26, 363 - Julian Dies in Persia

June 27, 363 - Jovian Proclaimed Emperor

Summer 363 - Jovian's Emergency Measures

The Desperate Retreat

Religious Policy - Damage Control

364 AD - Jovian's Brief Reign

February 17, 364 - Jovian Dies Suddenly

🚨 What Jovian's Choice Revealed:

364 AD - The Brothers Valens & Valentinian

March 28, 364 - Valentinian I Proclaimed

The Division:

364-375 AD - Valentinian I's Western "Christianity"

The Tolerant Hybrid System

Religious Policy:

What This "Tolerance" Really Meant:

What Was Still Forbidden:

364-378 AD - Valens's Eastern "Christianity"

The Arian Imperial System

Systematic Arian Enforcement:

🚨 What Both "Christian" Factions Shared:

365-367 AD - The Procopius Revolt

The Pagan Counter-Reaction

Procopius's Rebellion (365-366):

What This Revealed:

367-375 AD - Competing Paganisms Stabilize

Western Hybrid System (Valentinian I)

Eastern Arian System (Valens)

375-378 AD - The Gothic Crisis

Barbarian Pressure Exposes System Weakness

Gothic Migration (376 AD):

Battle of Adrianople (378 AD):

🚨 What Adrianople Proved:

378-379 AD - The Interregnum

Gratian Rules Both East and West

Religious Policy During Crisis:

🚨 WHAT 363-379 REALLY REVEALED:

1. "Christian Restoration" = Return to Hybrid Paganism:

2. Religious Labels Were Political Tools:

3. Imperial Force Was Core Method:

4. Paganism Never Left:

🎯 THE BOTTOM LINE (363-379 AD):

This wasn't "Christianity" defeating "paganism."

This was:

Both systems:

The Hebrew Way of Yeshua? Still dead and buried under both systems.

By 379 AD, the choice was between:

Same beast. Different costume.

Theodosius would make the choice permanent.

This analysis shows that 363-379 was simply the period when Roman imperial paganism switched back from traditional names to Christian names, with no actual restoration of biblical faith occurring.