True, except for the brief reigh of Julian the apostate (332 to 363). Julian briefly restored worship of the traditional Gods, rebuilt many temples. He was the author of "hymn to the Sun God; a praise to the "mother of all gods."
But Julian disregarded the all the bad omens during his campaign against the Persians, and died during a disorganized retreat from Persia following an unsuccessful siege of Ctesiphon. At 07:42 AM 10/27/99 -0700, Sol Invictus wrote: > >Hello to all my friends and admirers on the sundial mailing list. You will >have to excuse me but 27 October is a BAD day. Sol Invictus victus est! On >27 Oct, 312, Sol Invictus, the unconquered sun, supreme diety of the Roman >Empire and the civilized world, was vanquished by astrologers, sun dogs and >Christians.
