So, I am doing a Julian timeline. When do you guys want it to start 357, after his victory over the Alamanni, 361 when he becomes emperor, or 363 before he dies, having him miraculously live.
Domitian wasn't terrible. The Senate just hated him because they saw him as illegitimate Emperor who made a power grabb when Titus hadn't shown he was the heir. He then acted more and more autocratic which they never liked. But his policy's weren't bad, except for maybe the pay increase.
I intended the comparison in terms of personality not policies.
I don’t see how Constantius II was any worse than other emperors in terms of personality. Most of them were all a brutal bunch, including his father. Constantius was also a way, way better emperor than Julian.
More than the usual imperial paranoia, but that isn't uncommon.
Wiping out most of your family to secure your position - on the high end of ruthless.
Ironically, his choices helped ensure that the Constantine dynasty wouldn't last.
However, most of what we do know about him was written by supporters of Julian, and various clerical enemies (He was effectively Arian).