There were other Severans?!? And the choices fell upon Elagabalus and Alexander Severus???
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The Real Severans VI: Was This The Best They Had? Were There Other ‘Severans’?
Had Severus Alexander not suffered a mutinous death at the hands of the supporters of Maximinus Thrax, perhaps instead dying of an illness whilst on campaign without having annoyed the military, what ...
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February 19, 2026 at 2:34 PM
There were other Severans?!? And the choices fell upon Elagabalus and Alexander Severus???
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No no that was Elagabalus
February 18, 2026 at 10:45 PM
No no that was Elagabalus
"Trans people are a fad" Elagabalus. We've been here for well over a thousand years at minimum.
February 18, 2026 at 10:22 PM
"Trans people are a fad" Elagabalus. We've been here for well over a thousand years at minimum.
Offs. Idea there is direct unbroken line Athens > trump US is facile. trumpism is Rome at decline and fall. Caligula, Nero, Commodus, and Elagabalus are the trumps- noted for ruining the treasury, murdering political opponents, + exhibiting erratic or "mad" behavior that brought chaos to the empire.
February 18, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Offs. Idea there is direct unbroken line Athens > trump US is facile. trumpism is Rome at decline and fall. Caligula, Nero, Commodus, and Elagabalus are the trumps- noted for ruining the treasury, murdering political opponents, + exhibiting erratic or "mad" behavior that brought chaos to the empire.
“Edward Gibbon, notably, wrote that Elagabalus ‘abandoned himself to the grossest pleasures with ungoverned fury’”
Gibbon was such a fucking prude
Gibbon was such a fucking prude
February 17, 2026 at 2:10 AM
“Edward Gibbon, notably, wrote that Elagabalus ‘abandoned himself to the grossest pleasures with ungoverned fury’”
Gibbon was such a fucking prude
Gibbon was such a fucking prude
Yes, they did. I didn’t make up reality.
There’s no such thing as “transsexual behaviour”. Elagabalus was not killed for being transsexual. Ignoring the fact that he predates the medical concept, he identified as male and was not killed for anything except being a bad emperor.
There’s no such thing as “transsexual behaviour”. Elagabalus was not killed for being transsexual. Ignoring the fact that he predates the medical concept, he identified as male and was not killed for anything except being a bad emperor.
February 16, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Yes, they did. I didn’t make up reality.
There’s no such thing as “transsexual behaviour”. Elagabalus was not killed for being transsexual. Ignoring the fact that he predates the medical concept, he identified as male and was not killed for anything except being a bad emperor.
There’s no such thing as “transsexual behaviour”. Elagabalus was not killed for being transsexual. Ignoring the fact that he predates the medical concept, he identified as male and was not killed for anything except being a bad emperor.
I think Christian /theory/ does approach it /differently/ to how it had been in Roman polytheism prior but also Elagabalus not worshipping Jupiter properly was basically seen as a national security threat given the likelihood the god would take offense!
February 16, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I think Christian /theory/ does approach it /differently/ to how it had been in Roman polytheism prior but also Elagabalus not worshipping Jupiter properly was basically seen as a national security threat given the likelihood the god would take offense!
Trump is like an American Elagabalus.
February 16, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Trump is like an American Elagabalus.
think i might change akira's persona for 3c au... i dont know if arsene makes sense thematically anymore. which does make me sad bc i love him but. :) what if it was elagabalus instead.
February 14, 2026 at 11:12 PM
think i might change akira's persona for 3c au... i dont know if arsene makes sense thematically anymore. which does make me sad bc i love him but. :) what if it was elagabalus instead.
I only hate Nazis, whether they've foreskins or not, or amputated other bits of themselves for that matter or not either.
Bye now.
Elagabalus doubtless sends his regards!
Bye now.
Elagabalus doubtless sends his regards!
February 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I only hate Nazis, whether they've foreskins or not, or amputated other bits of themselves for that matter or not either.
Bye now.
Elagabalus doubtless sends his regards!
Bye now.
Elagabalus doubtless sends his regards!
SAVE DA DATE: my Noize alter ego will be performing at Esoteric Everett, the NO. 1 local noise show hosted at Artisans on Hewitt by the arena every last Saturday of the month!
(and likely final performance as Roses of Elagabalus cuz that's a mouthful no one can spell and not... furry enough)
(and likely final performance as Roses of Elagabalus cuz that's a mouthful no one can spell and not... furry enough)
February 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
SAVE DA DATE: my Noize alter ego will be performing at Esoteric Everett, the NO. 1 local noise show hosted at Artisans on Hewitt by the arena every last Saturday of the month!
(and likely final performance as Roses of Elagabalus cuz that's a mouthful no one can spell and not... furry enough)
(and likely final performance as Roses of Elagabalus cuz that's a mouthful no one can spell and not... furry enough)
After a brief interregnum in 217-218, the Severan dynasty returned to power... or did it? Was there really anything 'Severan' about Elagabalus or Alexander Severus?
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The Real Severans IV: No Severan Blood - The Scramble for Legitimacy and a New Dynasty
With the defeat of Macrinus at the Battle of Antioch on 8 June 218 and his subsequent capture and execution before the month was out, it is usually accepted that the Severan dynasty was restored to po...
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February 11, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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You say : “NSW is now one of the most draconian anti-protest jurisdictions in the democratic world.”
Democratic?
As democratic as Rome was the republic it called itself, the "Senate and People of Rome" (SPQR), while emperors Augustus, Caligula, Nero, Commodus and Elagabalus ruled. And after.
Democratic?
As democratic as Rome was the republic it called itself, the "Senate and People of Rome" (SPQR), while emperors Augustus, Caligula, Nero, Commodus and Elagabalus ruled. And after.
February 10, 2026 at 11:49 AM
You say : “NSW is now one of the most draconian anti-protest jurisdictions in the democratic world.”
Democratic?
As democratic as Rome was the republic it called itself, the "Senate and People of Rome" (SPQR), while emperors Augustus, Caligula, Nero, Commodus and Elagabalus ruled. And after.
Democratic?
As democratic as Rome was the republic it called itself, the "Senate and People of Rome" (SPQR), while emperors Augustus, Caligula, Nero, Commodus and Elagabalus ruled. And after.
compare a Julian, Napoleon, or Genghis Khan to a Caligula, Elagabalus, Nicholas II, or your average latter-day Hapsburg. stupid people have few avenues to obtain power in their own right and they're often very bad at even keeping it.
February 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
compare a Julian, Napoleon, or Genghis Khan to a Caligula, Elagabalus, Nicholas II, or your average latter-day Hapsburg. stupid people have few avenues to obtain power in their own right and they're often very bad at even keeping it.
Emperor elagabalus?
February 7, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Emperor elagabalus?
Plus it's possible Elagabalus was transfem I am not outright denying it
Btw that thing about "bottom surgery" is probably about castration, Elagabalus was foremost an Eastern priest and Emperor only second and castration was relatively common for priests in the East
Ouch
Btw that thing about "bottom surgery" is probably about castration, Elagabalus was foremost an Eastern priest and Emperor only second and castration was relatively common for priests in the East
Ouch
February 7, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Plus it's possible Elagabalus was transfem I am not outright denying it
Btw that thing about "bottom surgery" is probably about castration, Elagabalus was foremost an Eastern priest and Emperor only second and castration was relatively common for priests in the East
Ouch
Btw that thing about "bottom surgery" is probably about castration, Elagabalus was foremost an Eastern priest and Emperor only second and castration was relatively common for priests in the East
Ouch
themself the "wife" of a guy instead of husband and husband although that could also be Roman historians saying "Elagabalus was the bottom"
Problem is we have 3 sources on Elagabalus and they're all hostile accounts so lots of anti Elagabalus propaganda
But either way gender-non conforming
Problem is we have 3 sources on Elagabalus and they're all hostile accounts so lots of anti Elagabalus propaganda
But either way gender-non conforming
February 7, 2026 at 2:47 PM
themself the "wife" of a guy instead of husband and husband although that could also be Roman historians saying "Elagabalus was the bottom"
Problem is we have 3 sources on Elagabalus and they're all hostile accounts so lots of anti Elagabalus propaganda
But either way gender-non conforming
Problem is we have 3 sources on Elagabalus and they're all hostile accounts so lots of anti Elagabalus propaganda
But either way gender-non conforming
Elagabalus is my favorite emperor unfortunately I think it's more likely that they weren't actually trans but a victim of Roman xenophobia towards Syrians (Syrian clothing was more feminine => Syrians were seen as feminine men) although that doesn't explain the accusation of Elagabalus calling
February 7, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Elagabalus is my favorite emperor unfortunately I think it's more likely that they weren't actually trans but a victim of Roman xenophobia towards Syrians (Syrian clothing was more feminine => Syrians were seen as feminine men) although that doesn't explain the accusation of Elagabalus calling
"The Historia Augusta contains a fabulous book on the life of Elagabalus." Fabulous - I see what you did there :-)
February 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
"The Historia Augusta contains a fabulous book on the life of Elagabalus." Fabulous - I see what you did there :-)
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Whether or not the stuff written about Elagabalus was true, and a lot of it wasn't, they were a strange person and, ultimately, a very tragic one for whom I have a lot of sympathy.
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Whether or not the stuff written about Elagabalus was true, and a lot of it wasn't, they were a strange person and, ultimately, a very tragic one for whom I have a lot of sympathy.
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February 7, 2026 at 1:38 PM
#history #ancientbluesky #rome #elagabalus
Whether or not the stuff written about Elagabalus was true, and a lot of it wasn't, they were a strange person and, ultimately, a very tragic one for whom I have a lot of sympathy.
Read more here - shorturl.at/0uxA1
Whether or not the stuff written about Elagabalus was true, and a lot of it wasn't, they were a strange person and, ultimately, a very tragic one for whom I have a lot of sympathy.
Read more here - shorturl.at/0uxA1
the only emperor i can respect is elagabalus cus she was a bisexual transfem and a prankster gangster
February 7, 2026 at 11:17 AM
the only emperor i can respect is elagabalus cus she was a bisexual transfem and a prankster gangster
Can't decide if Trump is Nero, Caligula or elderly Elagabalus
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Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
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February 7, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Can't decide if Trump is Nero, Caligula or elderly Elagabalus
Ephesians 2:8, remind us about "The grace we have now is a gift, available during our lifetime" because of christ's finished the work on the cross.
Only an irrational person would ignore the nemesis upon these fools;
Nero, Caligula, Commodus, Caracalla, Elagabalus, Domitian, and recently Gaddafi.
Only an irrational person would ignore the nemesis upon these fools;
Nero, Caligula, Commodus, Caracalla, Elagabalus, Domitian, and recently Gaddafi.
February 3, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Ephesians 2:8, remind us about "The grace we have now is a gift, available during our lifetime" because of christ's finished the work on the cross.
Only an irrational person would ignore the nemesis upon these fools;
Nero, Caligula, Commodus, Caracalla, Elagabalus, Domitian, and recently Gaddafi.
Only an irrational person would ignore the nemesis upon these fools;
Nero, Caligula, Commodus, Caracalla, Elagabalus, Domitian, and recently Gaddafi.