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[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Thank you. And now excuse me, I'm jumping right into this rabbit hole!