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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2646353, member: 10461&quot;]Elagabalus was a freako, there&#039;s no doubt about it.&nbsp; Even if one allows for bias in the chroniclers, it&#039;s almost certain he was majorly deviant.&nbsp; (And majorly deviant to the <i>Romans? </i> Well... all I can say is ... wow.)</p><p><br /></p><p>But all the more interesting for that.&nbsp; The rogues and villains and freaks and deviants of history are fascinating to look at from the safe distance of nearly two millennia or so.&nbsp; Probably weren&#039;t so fun to live under, though.&nbsp; Agreed about the &quot;absolute power corrupts absolutely&quot; thing.</p><p><br /></p><p><strike><font size="3">It was at this point I was sorely tempted to make some presidential comparisons, just for fun, but they don&#039;t really apply, and would steer the conversation into very dangerous territory, so I&#039;ll skip that...</font></strike>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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