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Elagabalus's family held hereditary rights to the priesthood of the sun god Elagabal, of whom Elagabalus was the high priest at Emesa (modern Homs) in Roman Syria as part of the Arab Emesene dynasty.
The siege. Abu Ubaidah decided to take Emesa first, and thus cleared his rear flank from the enemy before undertaking more serious operations in northern Syria. Consequently, the Muslim army marched to Emesa with Khalid's mobile guard in the lead.
Apr 4, 2023 · Elagabalus (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus) was a Roman emperor who ruled from 218 to 222 CE. He was born in Syria in 203 CE and was the cousin of the previous emperor, Caracalla. Elagabalus became emperor at the age of 14, after the assassination of Caracalla.
Mar 19, 2019 · In Emesa, modern-day Homs in Syria, a conical black mono- lith called Elah-Gabal—“god of the mountain”—was venerated. During Elagabalus’s reign, it was assimilated with the Roman god Sol ...
The Battle of Emesa was fought in 272 between the Roman armies led by their emperor Aurelian and the Palmyrene forces led by their empress, Zenobia and general Zabdas .
EMESA (HOMS) Situated on the Orontes, was the center of the worship of the Syrian sun-god Baal. Roman influence beginning with Pompey and Caesar was firmly established under domitian.
EMESA (Homs) Syria. Town near the Orontes, between Palmyra and the sea. It was the capital of the Emesene Arabs, whose dynasts (called Jamblichus, Sohaem, or Samsigeram) were vassals of the Romans from the 1st c. B.C. to the 1st c. A.D. It was the native town of the emperor Elagabalus, and of Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus.
