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a great subject of discussion. I have included a couple of quotations on how ancient and renaissance literature considered Elagabalus. he would wear a tunic made of cloth of gold, or one made of purple, or a Persian one studded with jewels, and at such times he would say that he felt oppressed by the weight of his pleasures. He even wore jewels on his shoes. History Augusta, Elagabalus and another voice from the future looking back, I do not wish to discuss Heliogabalus, (or) Macrinus . . . who, being thoroughly contemptible, were quickly wiped out. Machiavelli "when that one god above all was a black rock, the people balked" a Walk with the Emperors, a historical and literary tour of Ancient Rome, Mott L.L. Groom