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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cyrrhus, post: 2227571, member: 73882&quot;]Dear All,</p><p><br /></p><p>This emperor has such a fantastic history, need to buy a book about him, was he mad or.....not? lived his live too the fullest that is for sure.</p><p>See some coins from him, please post your coins !![ATTACH=full]437436[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]437437[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]437438[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]437439[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Elagabalus was born Varius Avitus Bassianus in AD 203 or 204 at Emesa in Syria. He was the son of the Syrian Sextus Varius Marcellus, who had become senator during the reign of Caracalla and Julia Soaemias.</p><p>It was though his mother that Elagabalus should enjoy astounding connections. For his maternal grandmother was Julia Maesa, widow to the consul Julius Avitus. She was the younger sister of Julia Domna, widow of Septimius Severus and mother of Geta and Caracalla.</p><p>Elagabalus held the hereditary rank of high priest to the Syrian sun god El-Gabal (or Baal).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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