Elagabalus cause of death

Roman emperor from 218 to 222

For the god with the same name, see Elagabalus (deity).

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus, c.

204 – 13 March 222), better known by his posthumous nicknames Elagabalus (EL-ə-GAB-ə-ləs) and Heliogabalus (HEE-lee-ə-, -⁠lee-oh-^[3]), was Roman emperor from 218 to 222, while he was still a teenager.

Elagabalus assassination

Why was elagabalus a bad emperor

Elagabalus' gender

Elagabalus husband

Elagabalus age

His short reign was notorious for religious controversy and alleged sexual debauchery. A close relative to the Severan dynasty, he came from a prominent Syrian Arab family in Emesa (Homs), Syria, where he served as the head priest of the sun godElagabal from a young age.

After the death of his cousin, the emperor Caracalla, Elagabalus was raised to the principate at 14 years of age in an army revolt instigated by his grandmother Julia Maesa against Caracalla's short-lived successor, Macrinus.

He only posthumously became known by the Latinised name of his god.^[a]

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