The Emperor Elagabalus

Informationen zum Autor Leonardo de Arrizabalaga y Prado graduated from Cambridge University, and taught at Tsukuba University, Japan. He has published many articles on the Roman emperor commonly but wrongly known as Elagabalus. Klappentext The first study to subject the life and reign of the so-called Emperor Elagabalus to a thorough historical investigation. Zusammenfassung The third-century Roman emperor miscalled Elagabalus was made into myth shortly after his death. This book examines the whole range of sources (historiography! coins! inscriptions! papyri! sculpture and topography) distinguishing the character of fact from the creature of fiction. Thus it provides a more secure basis for reassessing his reign. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Exposition; 2. Explosion; 3. Constitution; 4. Speculation; 5. Findings in Contexts; 6. Appendices.

Klappentext
The first study to subject the life and reign of the so-called Emperor Elagabalus to a thorough historical investigation.


Zusammenfassung
The third-century Roman emperor miscalled Elagabalus was made into myth shortly after his death. This book examines the whole range of sources (historiography, coins, inscriptions, papyri, sculpture and topography) distinguishing the character of fact from the creature of fiction. Thus it provides a more secure basis for reassessing his reign.

Inhalt
1. Exposition; 2. Explosion; 3. Constitution; 4. Speculation; 5. Findings in Contexts; 6. Appendices.

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