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Julian meets up with Mardonius, his former tutor. Mardonius warns Julian that he's being watched and must be mindful not to appear threatening to Augustus. This is also the point in time at which Julian meets up with Libanius, the person who would become a teacher to Julian and who would later compile his memoirs. Julian longs to be an ordinary student. By chance, his bodyguard awakes one morning with a fever, allowing Julian to go to the baths alone. Here he again meets Oribasius, and becomes acquainted with students Basil and Gregory. He also meets the philosopher Aedesius. It's when Julian meets Sosipatra, a soothsayer of sorts, that he's given a sign of greatness to come. She also predicts a warrior's death in Phrygia, the site of Julian's death. It's also in this chapter that Julian is "born again" as a child...