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Huh never seen it spelled that way, takes me back to the History of Rome podcast days https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elagabalus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik

• billfruit 4y ago
  Gibbon spells it as Elagabalus too.
  • robbiep 4y ago
    Gibbon was probably the primary source for much of HoR
    • boomboomsubban 4y ago
      Though definitely a major influence, Duncan describes reading through the work as a child, I don't think it was his primary source. He had learned enough about history to doubt Gibbon, and tried to read available primary sources as much as he could.
• edflsafoiewq 4y ago
  > Elagabalus's family held hereditary rights to the priesthood of the sun god Elagabal [...] The god was later imported to Rome and assimilated with the sun god [...] In Greek, the sun god is Helios, hence Elagabal was later known as "Heliogabalus", a hybrid of "Helios" and "Elagabalus".