@PugJesusM to Rough Roman MemesEnglish • 2 days agoForms of madness (Anonhistory)imagemessage-square24arrow-up1100arrow-down14cross-posted to: historymemes
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minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish4•2 days agohttps://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/80*.html Cassius Dio here refers to Elagabalus as ‘The False Antoninus’, ‘Avitus’, and ‘Sardanapalus’; Elagabalus was the name of the Syrian sun god they identified with.
minus-square@angrystegolinkEnglish3•2 days agoThank you. And now excuse me, I’m jumping right into this rabbit hole!
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/80*.html
Cassius Dio here refers to Elagabalus as ‘The False Antoninus’, ‘Avitus’, and ‘Sardanapalus’; Elagabalus was the name of the Syrian sun god they identified with.
Thank you. And now excuse me, I’m jumping right into this rabbit hole!