Considering it, the mind reeled under visions of the feasts of
Elagabalus; and the subtle harmonies of Debussy mingled with the musty, fragrant romance of chests in which have been kept old clothes, ruffs, hose, doublets, of a forgotten generation, and the wan odour of lilies of the valley and the savour of Cheddar cheese.
He took his religious duties very seriously and even changed his name to that of his god,
Elagabalus. Following a military plot arranged by his grandmother, the 14-year old boy was proclaimed emperor on June 8, 218.
The Emperor
Elagabalus was even said to have dressed up as a popinarius, a cookshop keeper (S.
For each tolerable ruler--a Diocletian, Pertinax, Constantine, or Julian--there were a dozen monsters, such as Caracalla,
Elagabalus, Maximin, Valens, and others far too numerous to merit mention.
The desire to be penetrated is often associated with playing a woman's role: the emperors Nero and
Elagabalus are both reported to have pretended they were female in the company of their masculine favorites.
The second-century AD historian, Aelius Lampridius, tells us that the Emperor
Elagabalus collected so many human curiosities that his successor, Alexander Severus, was obliged to make a gift of his collection to the Roman people, evidently fearful that their maintenance would exhaust his treasury:
(Though not as much relief as those slaves with the palm fronds, I'd guess.) In ancient Rome, an emperor named
Elagabalus had ice harvested from the mountains and spread around his garden, so the breeze would waft cool air inside.
| Hippocrates, the ancient Greek 'father of medicine' used to diagnose his patients by drinking their urine and taste-testing their ear wax | The Roman Emperor
Elagabalus was a famous prankster.
It could be the later Titus, but it could also be Nero, Domitian, or
Elagabalus. (66) Here, we'll call him the great King, or Napoleon, or the sovereign people; he'll also be named Robespierre or Marat.
Most of the figures featured are presumably unknown to readers, such as
Elagabalus, a young Roman emperor from the 200s, and Albert Cashier, a transgender Civil War soldier.