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Named after the Syrian sun god, Elagabalus, at age 13, led his army to victory and became Emperor of Rome. He was a god-like young man: strong, beautiful, charming, and beloved of his soldiers. But when he rose to power, Elagabalus rejected his family's influence, and they, like the Senate, became his deadly enemies. With his customary elegant writing, esteemed writer Alfred Leo Duggan draws us into the tale of this unusual and outrageous leader in the lethal political world of 3rd-century Rome.