Elagabalus
c. 204 CE–c. 222 CE · Homs
Severan emperor (reigned 218-222 CE) who as a teenager served as hereditary priest of the Syrian sun-god Elagabal at Emesa and, upon becoming emperor, sought to install that deity at the head of the Roman pantheon. His religious innovations and conduct alienated Rome's elite, and he was assassinated by the Praetorian Guard in 222 and replaced by his cousin Severus Alexander.
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About Homs
Homs, the ancient Emesa, lies on the Orontes river in western Syria and is the capital of Homs Governorate. In the Roman period it was ruled by an Arab dynasty and was a centre of worship of the sun god Elagabal, whose hereditary high priest became the emperor Elagabalus (reigned 218-222). Forces under Khalid ibn al-Walid took the city in 637, and it became an important city of Bilad al-Sham; Khalid died in 642 and Homs is traditionally his burial place, where his mosque and tomb stand. The city later passed through Umayyad, Abbasid, Hamdanid, Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman rule.
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