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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Homs
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About Homs
Homs (classical Emesa), in west-central Syria on the Orontes, was an important city of Bilad al-Sham. It is traditionally the burial place of the companion and general Khalid ibn al-Walid (d. 642), whose mosque and tomb stand there; the poets al-Buhturi (d. 897) and Abu Tammam (d. c. 845) are associated with the region of Syria.
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