POLITICIAN

Elagabalus

203 - 222

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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 4,881,677 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 79

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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.

Others Born in 203

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    Plotinus

    PHILOSOPHER

    203 - 270

    HPI: 78.38

    Rank: 1

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    Elagabalus

    POLITICIAN

    203 - 222

    HPI: 76.48

    Rank: 2

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Elagabalus ranks 1 out of 210. After him are John of Damascus (676), Yazid I (647), Zenobia (240), Hafez al-Assad (1930), Abd al-Rahman I (731), Pope Gregory III (700), Philip the Arab (204), Bashar al-Assad (1965), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Apollodorus of Damascus (50), and Ibn Kathir (1301).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Elagabalus ranks 1. After him are Yazid I (647), Zenobia (240), Hafez al-Assad (1930), Abd al-Rahman I (731), Philip the Arab (204), Bashar al-Assad (1965), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Muawiya II (661), Marwan II (688), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), and Al-Adil I (1145).

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