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| - The Roman Empire was, at least by our standards, a civilization where the definition of 'raging sex pervert' had little or no meaning. But even in Rome there was a limit and it was the Roman Emperor Elagabalus (full name : Darren Antoninius Elagabalus Aurelius) who found it. Can you imagine handing over one of the greatest empires to a 17 year old kid? Ok, well in the era of Facebook and Google that is precisely what has happened. So if you can imagine Mark Zuckerberg (without any known bedroom kinks) in a toga, you would come up with Elagabalus.
- Elagabalus (c. 203 – March 11 222), also known as Heliogabalus or Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, was a Roman Emperor of the Severan dynasty who reigned from 218 to 222. Born Varius Avitus Bassianus, he was a Syrian by birth, the son of Julia Soaemias and Sextus Varius Marcellus, and in his early youth he served as a priest of the god El-Gabal at his hometown, Emesa.
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| - The Roman Empire was, at least by our standards, a civilization where the definition of 'raging sex pervert' had little or no meaning. But even in Rome there was a limit and it was the Roman Emperor Elagabalus (full name : Darren Antoninius Elagabalus Aurelius) who found it. Can you imagine handing over one of the greatest empires to a 17 year old kid? Ok, well in the era of Facebook and Google that is precisely what has happened. So if you can imagine Mark Zuckerberg (without any known bedroom kinks) in a toga, you would come up with Elagabalus.
- Elagabalus (c. 203 – March 11 222), also known as Heliogabalus or Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, was a Roman Emperor of the Severan dynasty who reigned from 218 to 222. Born Varius Avitus Bassianus, he was a Syrian by birth, the son of Julia Soaemias and Sextus Varius Marcellus, and in his early youth he served as a priest of the god El-Gabal at his hometown, Emesa. In 217, the emperor Caracalla was murdered 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 as 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 controversies. During his rule, Elagabalus showed a disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos. He was married as many as five times and is reported to have prostituted himself in the imperial palace. Elagabalus replaced Jupiter, head of the Roman pantheon, with a new god, Deus Sol Invictus, and forced leading members of Rome's government to participate in religious rites celebrating this deity, which he personally led. Amidst growing opposition, Elagabalus, only 18 years old, was assassinated and replaced by his cousin Severus Alexander on March 11 222, in a plot formed by his grandmother, Julia Maesa, and members of the Praetorian Guard. Elagabalus developed a reputation among his contemporaries for eccentricity, decadence, and zealotry which was likely exaggerated by his successors and political rivals. This propaganda was passed on and, as a result, he was one of the most reviled Roman emperors to early historians. __TOC__
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