Heliogabalus

…However, he indulged in extravagance and disregard for politics, and in disregard for the traditional religion of Rome, he moved the sun god's stone (meteorite?) from Emesa to Rome and enshrined it in a temple on the Palatine Hill as the supreme god of the empire. This led to him being hated by the army and the people, and he was murdered along with his mother. He is usually called Elagabalus, a nickname derived from the sun god, and is also called Heliogabalus. [Motomura Ryoji]…

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…しかし，放縦と奢侈に興じ政治を顧みなかったばかりか，ローマの伝統的宗教を無視してエメサの太陽神の崇拝石(隕石？)をローマ市に移し，帝国の最高神としてパラティヌス丘の神殿に祀ったことから，やがて軍隊と民衆の反感をかい，母とともに殺害された。太陽神にちなむあだ名のエラガバルスで呼ばれるのが通例であり，ヘリオガバルスHeliogabalusともいう。【本村 凌二】。…

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