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Elagabalus

203 - 222

Elagabalus

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus, c. 204 – 11/12 March 222), better known by his 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 sex scandals and religious controversy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elagabalus has received more than 4,762,607 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Elagabalus is the 336th most popular politician (down from 275th 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 336 out of 15,577. Before him are Qianlong Emperor, Leopold II of Belgium, Louis XI of France, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Yitzhak Rabin, and Alexander Dubček. After him are Philip III of Spain, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Nerva, Constantine XI Palaiologos, Joachim Murat, and Abbas the Great.

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Qianlong Emperor
1711 - 1799
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 330
Leopold II of Belgium
1835 - 1909
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 331
Louis XI of France
1423 - 1483
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 332
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
1050 - 1106
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 333
Yitzhak Rabin
1922 - 1995
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 334
Alexander Dubček
1921 - 1992
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 335
Elagabalus
203 - 222
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 336
Philip III of Spain
1578 - 1621
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 337
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
1869 - 1947
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 338
Nerva
30 - 98
HPI: 75.55
Rank: 339
Constantine XI Palaiologos
1404 - 1453
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 340
Joachim Murat
1767 - 1815
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 341
Abbas the Great
1571 - 1629
HPI: 75.49
Rank: 342

Contemporaries

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