See also:

• HELIOGABALUS (ELAGABALUS)

HELIOGABALUS (ELAGABALUS)  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor (A.D . 218-222), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Emesa about 205 . His real name was Varius Avitus . On the See also:

• MURDER

murder of See also:

• CARACALLA (or CARACALLUS), MARCUS A U R E L I U S ANTONINUS (186-217)

Caracalla (217), Julia Maesa, Varius's grandmother and Caracalla's aunt, See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome and retired to Emesa, accompanied by her grandsons (Varius and See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus) . Varius, though still only a boy, was appointed high See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest of the Syrian See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun-See also:

• GOD

god Elagabalus, one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief seats of whose See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship was Emesa (Horns) . His beauty, and the splendid ceremonials at which he presided, made him a See also:

• GREAT

great favourite with the troops stationed in that See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria, and Maesa increased his popularity by spreading reports that he was in reality the illegitimate son of Caracalla . Macrinus, the successor and instigator of the murder of Caracalla, was very unpopular with the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army; an insurrection was easily set on See also:

• FOOT

foot, and on the 16th of May 218 Varius was proclaimed emperor as See also:

• MARCUS

Marcus Aurelius See also:

• ANTONINUS, SAINT ANTONIO PIEROZZI

Antoninus . The troops sent to quell the revolt went over to him, and Macrinus was defeated near See also:

• ANTIOCH

Antioch on the 8th of See also:

• JUNE

June . See also:

• HELIOGABALUS (ELAGABALUS)

Heliogabalus was at once recognized by the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate as emperor . After spending the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter in See also:

• NICOMEDIA [mod. Ismid]

Nicomedia, he proceeded in 219 to Rome, where he made it his business to exalt the deity whose priest he was and whose name he assumed . The Syrian god was proclaimed the chief deity in Rome, and all other gods his servants; splendid ceremonies in his See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour were celebrated, at which Heliogabalus danced in public, and it was believed that See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret See also:

• RITES

rites accompanied by human See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice were performed in his honour . In addition to these affronts upon the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, he insulted the intelligence of the community by horseplay of the wildest description and by childish See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical joking .

The shameless profligacy of the emperor's See also:

• LIFE

life was such as to See also:

• SHOCK, or COLLAPSE

shock even a Roman public . His popularity with the army declined, and Maesa, perceiving that the soldiers were in favour of Alexander Severus, persuaded Heliogabalus to raise his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin to the dignity of See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar (221), a step of which he soon repented . An See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to murder Alexander was frustrated by the watchful Maesa . Another attempt in 22 2 produced a See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny among the See also:

• PRAETORIANS

praetorians, in which Heliogabalus and his See also:

• MOTHER

mother Soemias (Soaemias) were slain (probably in the first See also:

• HALF

half of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March) .