While marching against Julian, Constantius II reached Cilicia in a confident mood but fell mortally ill after seeing a headless corpse he took as a bad omen. On his deathbed he was baptized and, not knowing of Julian's apostasy, magnanimously named Julian his successor. He was only 44 years old.
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Episode 5 (5 mentions)
While marching against Julian, Constantius II reached Cilicia in a confident mood but fell mortally ill after seeing a headless corpse he took as a bad omen. On his deathbed he was baptized and, not knowing of Julian's apostasy, magnanimously named Julian his successor. He was only 44 years old.
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