On the last days of June 363 Julian (Flavius Claudius Iulianus Augustus) "The Apostate" died 53 miles from Babylon, having been fatally wounded at the Battle of Samarra against the Persian Sasanian Empire.1

• 1. Murdoch, Adrian The Last Pagan: Julian The Apostate And The Death Of The Ancient World Rochester Vermont Inner Traditions 2003. pp1-2.