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Elagabalus

203 - 222

Elagabalus

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus, c. 204 – 13 March 222), better known by his posthumous nicknames Elagabalus ( EL-ə-GAB-ə-ləs) and Heliogabalus ( HEE-lee-ə-, -⁠lee-oh-), was Roman emperor from 218 to 222, while he was still a teenager. His short reign was notorious for religious controversy and alleged sexual debauchery. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elagabalus has received more than 5,462,304 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Elagabalus is the 273rd most popular politician (up from 336th in 2019), the most popular biography from Syria and the most popular Syrian Politician.

Elagabalus is most famous for his religious reforms, which included the introduction of a new god, Elagabal, to the Roman pantheon.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Elagabalus ranks 273 out of 19,576. Before him are Georges Danton, Georgy Zhukov, Philippe Pétain, Wu Zetian, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, and Numa Pompilius. After him are Brutus the Younger, Ferdinand II of Aragon, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Leopold III of Belgium, Charles VII of France, and Alexander II of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 203, Elagabalus ranks 2. Before him is Plotinus. Among people deceased in 222, Elagabalus ranks 1. After him are Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Julia Soaemias, Gan Ning, Huang Gai, Ma Liang, Bardaisan, Annia Faustina, and Hierocles.