🪷 11 March 222 AD: Praetorians assassinate 18-year-old transgender teen Roman Emperor #Elagabalus #Heliogabalus. Rome's first trans emperor is a saint of #Antinous as a symbol of trans resistance. Full report here: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-... 🪷
#Heliogabalus, Priest of Helios☀️—born Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus—organizes a banquet. Mid-celebration, the ceiling opens, releasing a cascade of petals. Beneath this dreamlike façade, his guests perish—beauty concealing a ruler’s ruthless cruelty.
#ArtHistory #ClassicalArt #DarkAesthetic
🪷 16 May 218 AD #Elagabalus #Heliogabalus becomes emperor of Rome. Rome's first #transgender teen Emperor is a saint of #Antinous as a symbol of #transresistance. Full text: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-... 🪷
Las rosas de Heliogábalo, de Lawrence Alma-Tadema fotograrteblog.com/2025/04/02/l... #pintura #lawrencealmatadema #SigloXIX #ReinoUnido #Heliogábalo #ImperioRomano #blueskyenespañol #19thcentury #19thcenturypaintings #UnitedKingdom #RomanEmpire #Heliogabalus #InEnglish
🪷 On 11 March 222 AD: Praetorians assassinate 18-year-old transgender teen Roman Emperor #Elagabalus / #Heliogabalus. Rome's first trans emperor is a saint of #Antinous as a symbol of trans resistance. Full tribute here: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-... 🪷
A famous painting of the feast of Heliogabalus, but there's a pile of Halloween candy covering the guests and rose petals.
PARENTS! Be sure to check your kid's candy!
#meme #halloween #SpookySeason #beware #CheckYourHalloweenCandy #Rome #Heliogabalus #TheRosesOfHeliogabalus
Keizer #Heliogabalus is berucht uit het oudheidkundig rariteitenkabinet. Vanzelfsprekend is het eigenlijke verhaal complexer. Vandaag het eerste van een reeks blogjes die Lauren van Zoonen schreef voor de #MainzerBeobachter.
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