"The life of Elagabalus Antoninus, also called Varius, I should never have put in writing — hoping that it might not be known that he was emperor of the Romans — were it not that before him this same imperial office had had a Caligula, a Nero, and a Vitellius. But, just as the selfsame earth bears not only poisons but also grain and other helpful things, not only serpents but flocks as well, so the thoughtful reader may find himself some consolation for these monstrous tyrants by reading of Augustus, Trajan, Vespasian, Hadrian, Pius, Titus, and Marcus."
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Elagabalus
Varius Avitus Bassianus Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (c. 204 - March 11, 222), born Varius Avitus Bassus, and more famous as Elagabalus or Heliogabalus, was a Roman emperor of the Severan dynasty who reigned from 218 - 222.
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