Re:Ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, Sapporo High C...
by defrost on Thursday March 14, 2024 @11:51PM
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Heh.
There are several independant accounts of Elagabalus, his behaviour is as well documented as any of those times to be sure.
That said, for context, he was hardly representative being described as "showing a disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos", claimed as having replaced "the traditional head of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter, with the deity Elagabal, of whom he had been high priest".
Most tellingly he lived fast and was assassinated at just 18 years of age.
I have no axe to grind here, it's a great little story from history; it should be made clear that both Nero and Elagabalus were relatively rare flamboyant exceptions to the norms of Roman leaders.
There are several independant accounts of Elagabalus, his behaviour is as well documented as any of those times to be sure.
That said, for context, he was hardly representative being described as "showing a disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos", claimed as having replaced "the traditional head of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter, with the deity Elagabal, of whom he had been high priest".
Most tellingly he lived fast and was assassinated at just 18 years of age.
I have no axe to grind here, it's a great little story from history; it should be made clear that both Nero and Elagabalus were relatively rare flamboyant exceptions to the norms of Roman leaders.