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Rome’s Worst Emperor? Assessing the Sources About Elagabalus

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 7 February 2025

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This entry was posted in History and tagged Aelius Lampridius, Alexander Severus, Alexander the Great, Alexandria, Annia Faustina, Antoninus Pius, Apis, Apollo, Aquilia Severa, Arbela, archaeology, Armenia, Artabanus IV, Arval Brethren, Arval Brotherhood, Arval Brothers, Assyrian Empire, Assyrians, Augustan History, Augustus, Aurelian, Aurelius Eubulus, Aurelius Zoticus, Aventine Hill, Ba’al, Babylonian Empire, Babylonians, Baetyl, Baths of Caracalla, Black Stone, Caligula, Caracalla, Carrhae, Cassius Dio, Christianity, Christians, Chronographia, Claudius, Claudius Gothicus, Cleopatra VII, Clodius Albinus, coins, Colossus of Nero, Commodus, Constantine, Constitutio Antoniniana, Crisis of the Third Century, cruelty, cultic practices, cults, Cybele, damnatio memoriae, dediticii, Diadumenian, Dictator Perpetuo, Diocletian, Dionysus, Dominate, Domitius Ulpianus, Edward Gibbon, Egypt, Elagabal, Elagabalium, Elagabalus, Emesa, Emesene dynasty, eques, equestrians, Erbil, Five Good Emperors, foreigners, Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Gaius Julius Alexion, Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus, Galba, galli, Gannys, Gaul, Gladiator (2000), Great Mother, Greek, Hadrian, Harran, Heliogabalus, Hellenism, Hercules, Herodian, Hierocles, Historia Augusta, Historia Romana, History, History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus, homosexuality, Imperial History, inscriptions, ISIS, Islam, John Malalas, Julia Avita Mamaea, Julia Cornelia Paula, Julia Domna, Julia Maesa, Julia Soaemias Bassiana, Julius Bassianus, Julius Caesar, Jupiter, Justin Martialis, King Sohaemus, Latin, liberti, Lord Macaulay, Lucius Septimius Bassianus, Macrinus, Magna Mater, Marcus Aemilius, Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caesar, Marcus Aurelius Cleander, Marcus Macrinus, Mark Antony, Mars, Mars the Avenger, Mary Beard, Maximian, Maximinus Thrax, Memphis, Milvian Bridge, Mithras, moon god, Nero, Octavian, Osiris, Osiris-Apis, Osorapis, Osrhoene, paganism, pagans, Palatine Hill, pantheon, Parthians, patricians, peregrini, Perpetual Dictator, Pharaonic Egypt, plague, plebians, Pompey, Pompey Magnus, Pompey the Great, Praetorians, prejudice, Princeps Civitatis, Principate, Probus, provincials, Ptah, Ptolemies, Ptolemy I Soter, Ptolemy III, Publius Geta, Publius Valerius Comazon, res publica, Roman Empire, Roman Republic, Romanitas, Romans, Sampsigeramid dynasty, Saqqara, Sardanapalus, Sasanians, Sassanians, Saturn, scandal, Senate, Septimius Severus, Serapeum, Serapio, Serapis, Severus Alexander, Sin, slavery, slaves, Sohaemus, Sol Invictus, Sophene, stereotypes, Suetonius, sun god, syncretic god, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Theodosius I, Third Gallic Legion, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Tiberinus, Trajan, transgender, Ulpius Julianus, Unconquered Sun, Varius Avitus Bassianus, Vespasian, Vestal Virgin, York on February 7, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Jihadist “Forever Wars” Don’t End Because Western Troops Are Withdrawn

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 March 2023

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This entry was posted in History and tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, al-Shabab, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Bashar al-Assad, Bilal al-Sudani, China, Donald Trump, Global War on Terror, GWOT, Hashd al-Shabi, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi Security Forces, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Joe Biden, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Matt Gaetz, military intervention, NATO, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, PKK, realism, Republicans, Russia, scandal, SDF, Shi’a militias, Somalia, Suhayl Salim Abd al-Rahman, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Taliban, Turkey, Usama bin Laden, War Powers Act, Yemen on March 28, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

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