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Elagabalus was one of the most notorious of Rome's 'bad emperors': a sexually-depraved and eccentric hedonist who in his short and riotous reign made unprecedented changes to Roman state religion and defied all taboos. An oriental boy-priest from Syria - aged just fourteen when he was elevated to power in 218 CE - he placed the sun god El-Gabal at the head of the established Roman pantheon, engaged in orgiastic rituals, took male and female lovers, wore feminine dress and was alleged to have pro

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Author

Icks, Martijn;

Publisher

I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781780765501

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, History

Updated

2026-03-25