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==References == | <p> Heliogabalus (Elagabalus) </p> <p> emperor of Rome, was born at Emesa about A.D. 205. His name was Varus [[Avitus]] Bassianus, but he was made priest of Elagabalus (El-Gabal), the [[Syro-Phoenician]] Sun-god, about A.D. 217, and took that name. In May, 218, through the intrigues of his mother, [[Julia]] Maesa, with the soldiery, he was proclaimed emperor; and, soon after, Macrinus, who was marching to put down this usurpation, was defeated. His reign, which lasted not quite four years, was characterized by superstition, licentiousness, and cruelty to a degree hardly rivaled by the worst Roman emperors. He introduced the worship of the Sun god into Rome, and even passed a decree that no other celestial power should be worshipped. The praetorians slew him in camp, A.D. 222. As he himself introduced a new religion into Rome, it was not his policy to persecute, and so, during that time, the [[Christians]] had "rest." </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_43472"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/heliogabalus+(elagabalus) Heliogabalus (Elagabalus) from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_43472"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/heliogabalus+(elagabalus) Heliogabalus (Elagabalus) from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Heliogabalus (Elagabalus) [1]
Heliogabalus (Elagabalus)
emperor of Rome, was born at Emesa about A.D. 205. His name was Varus Avitus Bassianus, but he was made priest of Elagabalus (El-Gabal), the Syro-Phoenician Sun-god, about A.D. 217, and took that name. In May, 218, through the intrigues of his mother, Julia Maesa, with the soldiery, he was proclaimed emperor; and, soon after, Macrinus, who was marching to put down this usurpation, was defeated. His reign, which lasted not quite four years, was characterized by superstition, licentiousness, and cruelty to a degree hardly rivaled by the worst Roman emperors. He introduced the worship of the Sun god into Rome, and even passed a decree that no other celestial power should be worshipped. The praetorians slew him in camp, A.D. 222. As he himself introduced a new religion into Rome, it was not his policy to persecute, and so, during that time, the Christians had "rest."
