Elagabalus
Americannoun
noun
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known by the nickname Elagabalus, reigned from 218 to 222 A.D. while still a teenager.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
“References to Elagabalus wearing makeup, wigs and removing body hair may have been written in order to undermine the unpopular emperor,” she said.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
Cassius Dio, a senator and contemporary of Elagabalus, writes in his historical chronicles that the emperor was married five times - four times to women, and once to Hiercoles, a former slave and chariot driver.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023
The short, possibly gay life of 18-year-old Roman Emperor Elagabalus ended on this day, March 11, in the year 222.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2019
In such apparel, scarcely to be excused by the youth and folly of Elagabalus, we are at a loss to discover the wisdom of an aged monarch, and the simplicity of a Roman veteran.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 by Milman, Henry Hart
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