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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;corvusconstantius, post: 8236118, member: 123797&quot;]I&#039;d say reading about Elagabalus can be pretty hilarious sometimes, probably the most of any emperor. His sexual exploits are included in this, not because of his sexuality (Hadrian and Trajan were also homosexual), but because of the hyperbolic and bizarre nature of his actions. </p><p><br /></p><p><i>and using charms, in fact actually shutting up alive in the god&#039;s temple a lion, a monkey, and a snake, and throwing in among them human genitals,</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>He would go to the taverns by night, wearing a wig, and there ply the trade of a female huckster. He frequented the notorious brothels, drove out the prostitutes, and played the prostitute himself. 3 Finally, he set aside a room in the palace and there committed his indecencies, always standing nude at the door of the room, as the harlots do, and shaking the curtain which hung from gold rings, while in a soft and melting voice he solicited the passers-by.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>This Aurelius not only had a body that was beautiful all over, seeing that he was an athlete, but in particular he greatly surpassed all others in the size of his private parts. This fact was reported to the emperor by those who were on the look-out for such things, and the man was suddenly whisked away from the games and brought to Rome, accompanied by an immense escort</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>All of these tales taken from Dio, tall or not, certainly make for comedic reading in the context of a Roman Emperor. In the same way us Brits made a dark comedy about Claudius, I think there&#039;s equal or more ammo make one out of Elagabalus. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, as for the question.</p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla - Indulgentia, for extending citizenship to freeborn people throughout the Empire, his true motives perhaps indicated by his scowl. </p><p><img src="https://img.ma-shops.co.uk/numisart/pic/799_m771.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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