This 1897 drawing is of a bust of Elagabalus that is house in the Capitoline museum in Rome. Elagabalus, also known as Heliogabalus, was Roman emperor from 218 to 222. A member of the Severan dynasty, he was Syrian, the second son of Julia Soaemias and Sextus Varius Marcellus. In his early youth he served the god Elagabalus as a priest in Emesa, a city in present-day western Syria.
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This 1897 drawing is of a bust of Elagabalus that is house in the Capitoline museum in Rome. Elagabalus, also known as Heliogabalus, was Roman emperor from 218 to 222. A member of the Severan dynasty, he was Syrian, the second son of Julia Soaemias and Sextus Varius Marcellus. In his early youth he served the god Elagabalus as a priest in Emesa, a city in present-day western Syria.

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UMG24A06_486

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47,5Mo (1,7Mo) / 31,3cm x 38,1cm / 3691 x 4500 (300dpi)

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200s A.D. Elagabalus Roman emperor emperor Severus Severan dynasty Syria Syrian emperor Syria and Rome Emesa Julia Soaemias Sextus Varius Marcellus Heliogabalus bust of Elagabalus Capitoline Museum ancient Rome Roman rulers Rioman history 200s 3rd century A.D. 200s A.D.

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