Rome's Emperor of the Sun - The Pax Romana Podcast 069

from The Pax Romana Podcast · host Professor Colin Elliott

Elagabalus, the 14-year-old priest-king, became emperor in AD 218 and tried to impose the sun god El-Gabal as Rome's chief deity. His reign was marked by multiple marriages, accusations of effeminacy and unrest in Rome. He was such a disaster of an emperor that his own grandmother sough to replace him with his cousin, Alexander.

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