Varian Studies Volume Two: Elagabal.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Table of Contents; Table of Images; Preface; Acknowledgements; Conventions; The Varian Temple of Elagabal in Rome; The Varian Temple of Elagabal in Rome; I. The state of the question; II. A Topographical approach to the question; III. Mathematical calculations by Dr Raúl de la Fuente Marcos; IV. Historical interpretation of the topography; V. An astronomical approach to the question; VI. An astronomical approach to the question; Elagabal's Idyll; Introduction; Plates; Physical Description of the Artefacts; Preliminary Classification of Questions

Critical review of the academic literature to dateFirst stage of the discussion, 1873-1902; Second stage of the discussion, 1902-1962; Third stage of the discussion, 1962-2002; Update to 2017; Fourth stage of the discussion. 2002-2017; Conclusion; Chronological Bibliography of Works Critically Reviewed in Elagabal's Idyll; Bibliography; Chronological List of Relevant Works of Early Modern Antiquarians; Index

Elagabal is the name of the Syrian sun god whose high priest Varius was, at the same time as Roman emperor, AD 218-222. Because of this connexion, Varius was misnamed Heliogabalus or Elagabalus long after his death. Second in the series Varian Studies, this book discusses Elagabal's architectural and sculptural artefacts in Rome. These are represented by the Palatine site of the Varian Temple of Elagabal in Rome, and by relief sculpture on column capitals found in the Roman Forum, showing Elagabal with other deities, in a scene of sacrifice here reconstructed as Elagabal's Idyll. The Varian Te.

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