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Crimes of Elagabalus

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Has anyone else read "The Crimes of Elagabalus" by Martijn Icks??

 

The book is sub-titled "The life and legacy of Rome's decadent boy emperor" and so I was really looking forward to an indepeth (well as much is is possible) biography of this enigmatic young ma, the circumstances that brought him to the Purple and the events that lead to his downfall.

 

However, whilst this was albeit covered, I was disappointed, finding the book to be more a dicourse on the historical literary representations than a study or history of the man (boy) and his reign.

 

What did others think?

 

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I really enjoyed the book. Most importantly, it was full of numismatic evidence for his theories.

 

Here's my previous write-up (from a numismatic perspective):

 

http://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/16297-elagabalus-bringing-the-syrian-sun-god-to-rome/

 

 

guy also known as gaius

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