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Thursday, November 26, 2009

The Temple of Heliogabulus-Where


The Temple of Heliogabulus was dedicated to the Syrian sun god Heliogabulus. It was built near the imperial palace on the Palatine. It was built by the emperor Elagabulus. Elagabulus moved sacred objects from Roman temples to here. After Elagabulus' assassination, Alexander Severus rededicated the temple to Jupiter Ultor (Jupiter "the Avenger")

Picture: http://www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/sun.jpg