The Mad Emperor - Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome

'Buy the book; it's very entertaining.' David Aaronovitch, The Times  A Financial Times, BBC History and Spectator Book of the Year On 8 June 218 AD, a fourteen-year-old Syrian boy, egged on by his grandmother, led an army to battle in a Roman civil war. Against all expectations, he was victorious. Varius Avitus Bassianus, known to the modern world as Heliogabalus, was proclaimed emperor. The next four years were to be the strangest in the history of the empire. Heliogabalus humiliated the prestigious Senators and threw extravagant dinner parties for lower-class friends. He ousted Jupiter from his summit among the gods and replaced him with Elagabal. He married a Vestal Virgin – twice. Rumours abounded that he was a prostitute. In the first biography of Heliogabalus in over half a century, Harry Sidebottom unveils the high drama of sex, religion, power and culture in Ancient Rome as we’ve never seen it before.

General

Imprint:	Oneworld Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2023
Authors:	Harry Sidebottom
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-0-86154-685-5
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	0-86154-685-7
Barcode:	9780861546855

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