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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Catullus, Galba, Elagabalus, Sandro Botticelli, Henry Benedict Stuart, Benvenuto Cellini, Antonio Barberini, Homosexuality in ancient Rome, The Loves of the Gods, Quintus Lutatius Catulus, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Warren Cup, Brunetto Latini, Tomb of the Diver, Tommaso dei Cavalieri, Exoletus, Francesco Melzi, Giovanni di Giovanni, Prospero Farinacci. Excerpt: Elagabalus (Latin: ca. 203 - March 11, 222), also known as Heliogabalus, was Roman Emperor from 218 to 222. A member of the Severan Dynasty, he was Syrian on his mother's side, the son of Julia Soaemias and Sextus Varius Marcellus. Early in his youth he served as a priest of the god El-Gabal at his hometown, Emesa. Upon becoming emperor he took the name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus and was called Elagabalus only after his death. In 217, the emperor Caracalla was assassinated and replaced by his Praetorian prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. Caracalla's maternal aunt, Julia Maesa, successfully instigated a revolt among the Third Legion to have her eldest grandson, Elagabalus, declared emperor in his place. Macrinus was defeated on June 8, 218, at the Battle of Antioch, upon which Elagabalus, barely fourteen years old, ascended to the imperial power and began a reign that was marred by infamous controversies. During his rule, Elagabalus showed a disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos. He replaced the traditional head of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter, with a lesser god, Deus Sol Invictus (in Greek: Helios, hence the name Heliogabalos), and forced leading members of Rome's government to participate in religious rites celebrating this deity, which he personally led. Elagabalus was married as many as five times, lavished favors on courtiers popularly assumed to have been his homosexual lovers, and was reported to have prostituted h...

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