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If you want to read focused articles and academic reviews analyzing the book and the historical emperor, check out these sources:

: A concise and witty analysis of the book penned by Bijan Omrani in the Literary Review . Bijan Omrani - Size was Everything to Him - Literary Review

: Documents how his highly unconventional lifestyle, gender fluidity, and disregard for Roman traditions managed to systematically offend the army, the Senate, and the general populace. TheMadEmperorepub

The book by Harry Sidebottom is a highly recommended read for those interested in the subject.

: Shows a 14-year-old thrust into supreme power, attempting to implement a highly exotic family religion centered on a giant black rock called Elagabal. If you want to read focused articles and

: For a more scholarly focus, you can read the academic critique in the Journal of Classics Teaching .

The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome by Harry Sidebottom - review by Bijan Omrani. Literary Review : Shows a 14-year-old thrust into supreme power,

: Questions whether he was actually clinically "mad" or just acting out the ultimate, unrestrained teenage rebellion with the infinite resources of an empire at his disposal. 📰 Deep Dive Articles