![]() Later historians suggest Elagabalus showed a disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos. He only posthumously became known by the Latinised name of his god. After the death of his cousin, the emperor Caracalla, Elagabalus was raised to the principate at 14 years of age in an army revolt instigated by his grandmother Julia Maesa against Caracalla's short-lived successor, Macrinus. A close relative to the Severan dynasty, he came from a prominent Arab family in Emesa ( Homs), Syria, where since his early youth he served as head priest of the sun god Elagabal. His short reign was conspicuous for sex scandals and religious controversy. 204 – 11/12 March 222), better known by his nicknames " Elagabalus" ( / ˌ ɛ l ə ˈ ɡ æ b əl ə s/, EL-ə- GAB-ə-ləs) and Heliogabalus ( / ˌ h iː l i ə-, - l i oʊ-/ HEE-lee-ə-, -lee-oh- ), was Roman emperor from 218 to 222, while he was still a teenager. ![]() ![]() Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus, c. Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus ![]()
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