Tuesday, September 19, 2006
This Day in Ancient History
On this day in 219 AD, the young Emperor Elagabalus walks backwards into Rome. He is facing a chariot on which sits the sacred meteorite stone of the Syrian sun god Elagabaal; and he has walked backwards facing the chariot with the stone the entire way from Syria, nearly 1,400 miles. He rules poorly for four years. Even after the death of the overly effeminate Elgabalus the cult of the Syrian sun god continues to be popular among the soldiers who call the god Sol Invictus (the Unconquered Sun).
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:30 AM 
