Elagabalus Sol Invictus, was a Romansun god, introduced in Rome, during the Severan dynasty, by the Roman emperorElagabalus (also called "Heliogabalus"), who was the hereditary high priest of the god, Baal ("lord") of Emesa (in ancient Syria), or El-Gabal, latinised as Elagabalus. When Elagabalus became emperor, he brought his deity Elagabalus Sol Invictus to Rome. With his death in 222, the god reverted to being a Syrian god. Roman mythology can be considered as two parts. ... A solar deity is a deity who represents the Sun. ... The Severan dynasty is a lineage of Roman Emperors, reigning several decades from the late 2nd century to the early 3rd century. ... Roman Emperor is the title historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... A bust depicting Elagabalus. ... Baal (בַּעַל / בָּעַל, Standard Hebrew Báʿal, Tiberian Hebrew Báʿal / Báʿal) is a northwest Semitic word signifying The Lord, master, owner (male), husband cognate with Akkadian Bēl of the same meanings. ... Emesa was an ancient city on the Orontes River in Syria. ... Sol Invictus (the unconquered sun), or more fully, Deus Sol Invictus (the unconquered sun god) was a religious title applied to three distinct divinities during the later Roman Empire. ... Events Pope Urban I succeeds Pope Callixtus I Roman Emperor Alexander Severus succeeds Heliogabalus Kingdom of Wu is established in China Sun Quan defeats Liu Bei at the Battle of Yi Ling Deaths March 11 - Roman Emperor Heliogabalus murdered Tertullian, theologian Pope Callixtus I Claudius Aelianus, teacher and rhetorician Ma...
SolInvictus ("the undefeated Sun") or, more fully, Deus SolInvictus ("the undefeated sun god") was a religious title applied to three distinct divinities during the later Roman Empire; El Gabal, Mithras, and Sol.
Unlike the earlier, agrarian cult of Sol Indiges ("the native sun" or "the invoked sun" - the etymology and meaning of the word "indiges" is disputed), the title Deus SolInvictus was formed by analogy with the imperial titulature pius felix invictus ("dutiful, fortunate, unconquered").
SolInvictus had been adopted by the Church of Rome as evidenced by Christ as Apollo-Helios in a mausoleum discovered under St.
Elagabalus was the son of Sextus Varius Marcellus and Julia Soaemias Bassiana.
Elagabalus declared the date of the victory at Antioch to be the beginning of his reign and assumed the imperial titles without prior Senatorial approval, which violated tradition but was a common practice among 2nd century emperors nonetheless.
Elagabalus was delayed in Asia Minor while brief revolts by the Legio III Gallica, under the leadership of the senator Verus, and the IV Scythica, under command of Gellius Maximus, were crushed.
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