> 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

> 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".