The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome by Harry Sidebottom Groundswell Speaker 2024 No regrets

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The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome by Harry Sidebottom Groundswell Speaker 2024 No regretsWhat happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? Discover the scandalous life and times of Rome's worst emperor. 'Buy the book; it's very entertaining.' David Aaronovitch, The Times On 8 June 218 AD, a fourteen year old Syrian boy, egged on by his grandmother, led an army to battle in a Roman civil war. Against all expectations, he was victorious. Varius Avitus Bassianus, known to the modern world as Heliogabalus, was