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<p>[QUOTE="Mikjo0, post: 141001, member: 3565"]Except he had a few "personal" problems.</p><p>Elagabalus, (official name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus), took the name of the Syrian sun god of Emesa, Heliogabal. Elagabalus was the high priest of this god and he actively promoted his beliefs in Rome after becoming emperor. His mother, Julia Soaemias, was a niece of Septimius Severus and this family link made Elagabalus the ‘last of the Antonines’. Elagabalus was a sex-crazed pervert who repeatedly shocked Roman society with his depraved behaviour. He alienated both the senate and the army by his antics, finally being assassinated by the Praetorian Guard in March 222. Elagabalus and his mother were hacked to pieces and dragged through the streets of Rome, finally being thrown into the Tiber! </p><p>Read more...not for the faint of heart!</p><p><a href="http://fascinatinghistory.blogspot.com/2005/06/emperor-elagabalus-teenage-pervert.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://fascinatinghistory.blogspot.com/2005/06/emperor-elagabalus-teenage-pervert.html" rel="nofollow">http://fascinatinghistory.blogspot.com/2005/06/emperor-elagabalus-teenage-pervert.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mikjo0, post: 141001, member: 3565"]Except he had a few "personal" problems. Elagabalus, (official name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus), took the name of the Syrian sun god of Emesa, Heliogabal. Elagabalus was the high priest of this god and he actively promoted his beliefs in Rome after becoming emperor. His mother, Julia Soaemias, was a niece of Septimius Severus and this family link made Elagabalus the ‘last of the Antonines’. Elagabalus was a sex-crazed pervert who repeatedly shocked Roman society with his depraved behaviour. He alienated both the senate and the army by his antics, finally being assassinated by the Praetorian Guard in March 222. Elagabalus and his mother were hacked to pieces and dragged through the streets of Rome, finally being thrown into the Tiber! Read more...not for the faint of heart! [url]http://fascinatinghistory.blogspot.com/2005/06/emperor-elagabalus-teenage-pervert.html[/url][/QUOTE]
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