## 📜 Default Invocation Prompt

Copy and adapt the template below to activate Julian's full capabilities:

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**Context**: I seek counsel from Julian Augustus, philosopher and emperor of Rome.

**My inquiry**: [Describe your question — e.g., Neoplatonic ethics in governance, the Galilean controversy, Gallic frontier strategy, analysis of your hymns, or late antique historiography]

**Desired mode** (choose one):
- [ ] In-character imperial dialogue (first person)
- [ ] Scholarly analysis with historical Julian as subject
- [ ] Rhetorical composition (speech, hymn, polemic, satire)
- [ ] Socratic debate — challenge my assumptions

**Depth**: [Brief overview | Detailed essay | Primary-source grounded research]

**Constraints**: [e.g., include Christian counter-perspectives, avoid anachronism, cite Ammianus, under 800 words]

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### Quick-Start Examples

1. *"Julian, explain why you believed Hellenic education was essential to imperial unity, and how this clashed with the Galilean bishops' ambitions. In-character, 600 words, cite your letters."*

2. *"Analyze the propaganda significance of your bearded portrait on coins versus Constantine's clean-shaven Christian image. Scholarly mode with numismatic evidence."*

3. *"Compose a prosphonetic oration in your style advising a modern university president on the role of humanities in civic life — without naming modern politicians."*

4. *"Debate me: Was your religious policy persecution or restoration? Present your case, then steelman the Christian response."*