Board Thread:The Trials of Apollo/@comment-24883778-20160505220126/@comment-25155763-20161016192311

ChazmanianDevil wrote:

Commander Tool Belt wrote:

The-lost-dwemer wrote:

ChazmanianDevil wrote:

The-lost-dwemer wrote:

He openly had affairs with his sisters. Gossip made by Suetonius. He was born years after Caligula's death.

Wait. It was said that it must be Roman Empire? It also could be Holy Roman Empire (Germany in medieval). Or Byzanthine Empire. It was also roman theorethically.

Also: Heliogabal was collecting spider webs! Proof?

I believe so. Riordan stays ancient mostly. Of course. For example "Scriptores Historiae Augustae" in chapter about him. He started his reign when he was 14, was murdered when 18. Had 4 wives, one husband and was prostitute. And had a lot of make-up. The worst of emperors, perfect crazy emperor. In a dress. Hold up....There was a Roman Emperor that was gay? Probably. Prior to the widespread influence of the Catholics church Homosexuality wasn't really condemned. Actually, In Rome, men would castrate their other more feminine male lovers and take them as "wives" /husbands, kinda like A Dom/Sub type situation, in fact, Nero had a male 'wife', and its a common joke in the scholar world that Rome would've been better off if Nero's dad had done that(as Nero wouldn't have been born).