Elagabalus
El-a-ga-ba'lus or El-a-gab'a-lus, or He-H-o-gaba'lus,
[Fr. Elagabale, a'lI'gS'bil', or Hei.iogab ale,
1'le'o'gi bSl',] (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus,) a Roman
emperor, born at Antioch in 204 A.D., was supposed
to be the natural son of Caracalla. His original name
was Varius Avitus Bassianus ; but, having become a
priest in the Temple of the Sun, (the ...
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Varius Avitus Bassianus[1] (ca. 203 – March 11, 222),
commonly known as Elagabalus or Heliogabalus, was Roman
Emperor from 218 to 222. A member of the Severan Dynasty, he
was Syrian on his mother's side, the son of Julia Soaemias
and Sextus Varius Marcellus. Early in his early youth he
served as a priest of the god El-Gabal at his hometown,
E...
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M. Aurelius Antonīnus, a Roman emperor. He was the grandson
of Maesa, sister to the empress Iulia, the wife of Septimius
Severus. Maesa had two daughters, Soaemias or Semiamira, the
mother of the subject of this
Elagabalus. (Bust in the Capitol, Rome.)
article, and Mammaea, mother of Alexander Severus. The true
name of Elagabalus was Varius Av...
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