{"id":94812,"date":"2021-09-07T20:59:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T18:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?post_type=ciekawostki&#038;p=94812"},"modified":"2021-09-07T20:59:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T18:59:40","slug":"julian-the-apostate-against-bureaucracy","status":"publish","type":"ciekawostki","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/julian-the-apostate-against-bureaucracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Julian the Apostate against bureaucracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Roman Emperor <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/biografie\/julian-apostata\/\"><b>Julian the Apostate<\/b><\/a>, despite his brief reign (361-363 CE), contributed more to internal reform than any late- roman emperor. One of his decisions was to curb the bureaucracy and to reform the palace service, which was excessively large. <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/apparently-donuts-were-already-loved-by-ancient-romans\/\">Apparently<\/a>, the reason for the reorganization of the palace structures was some funny event. Once Julian, who was growing his beard at that time, called for a <b>barber<\/b>. A wonderfully clothed dignitary surrounded by a swarm of helpers entered the room. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The emperor thought there had been a mistake, so he said, &#8220;But it is a barber that I require, not the Chancellor of the Exchequer&#8221;. And when it was revealed that it was a barber, Julian began to ask him how much he earned. He proudly replied that he receives 20 portions of <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-society\/eating-habits-of-romans\/\">food<\/a> and the same amount of animal feed every day. In addition, he still has a large annual salary and considerable allowances. The whole event must have shocked the emperor, as thousands of redundant officials were dismissed within a few months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40693,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"kategorie_ciekawostek":[77],"class_list":["post-94812","ciekawostki","type-ciekawostki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategorie_ciekawostek-unknown-facts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/94812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ciekawostki"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/94812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategorie_ciekawostek","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie_ciekawostek?post=94812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}