The crimes of Elagabalus : the life and legacy of Rome's decadent boy emperor / Martijn Icks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Icks, Martijn, 1981-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elagabalus, Emperor of Rome, 204-222.

Elagabalus.

Elagabalus, Emperor of Rome, 204-222--Influence.

Elagabalus, Emperor of Rome, 204-222--Ethics.

Emperors--Rome--Biography.

Emperors.

Kings and rulers.

Ethics.

Rome--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Rome.

Rome--History--Elagabalus, 218-222.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Degeneration--Political aspects--Rome--History.

Degeneration.

Political corruption--Rome--History.

Political corruption.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 276 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Ruling Rome only for the short period from 218 to 222, Elagabulus is one of the most notorious and most written about of the Roman emperors. In this work, Icks (U. of Heidelberg, Germany) seeks to reconstruct the twin legacies of Elagabulus, both in terms of the religious, political, economic, and other events and developments of his brief reign as found in ancient sources and modern academic literature and in terms of the emperor's legacy in art and literature from ancient to modern times. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The boy on the throne

The child priest from Emesa

The invincible priest-emperor

The rejected ruler

The evil tyrant

The decadent emperor

The modern monarch

Epilogue

The Nachleben of Elagabalus in art and literature : an overview.

Notes:

"First published in the United Kingdom in 2011 by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674064379

0674064372

OCLC:

742234600