There’s written records of the relationships of Nero and Elagabalus as having a same sex marriage ceremony/relationship.
Some people discredit it for various reasons, but there’s zero direct evidence either of them are false, so by default we’re stuck assuming them accurate. This may bother you personally but ignoring evidence that you disagree with is living in a bubble of your own devising.
> Maybe you should read the Torah. Sodomy is listed as a mortal sin. You sound like an anti-semitic bigot.
That’s a very strong response to a simple factual statement, you may need to seek professional help.
Please don't cross into personal attack on HN, regardless of how bad another comment is or you feel it is. You not only did that here, you did it upthread too ("your cultural bubble"). I appreciate that you've been making substantive points but we need you to make them without breaking the site guidelines.
There are several independant accounts of Elagabalus, his behaviour is as well documented as any of those times to be sure.
That said, for context, he was hardly representative being described as "showing a disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos", claimed as having replaced "the traditional head of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter, with the deity Elagabal, of whom he had been high priest".
Most tellingly he lived fast and was assassinated at just 18 years of age.
I have no axe to grind here, it's a great little story from history; it should be made clear that both Nero and Elagabalus were relatively rare flamboyant exceptions to the norms of Roman leaders.
dang|1 year ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Retric|1 year ago
Some people discredit it for various reasons, but there’s zero direct evidence either of them are false, so by default we’re stuck assuming them accurate. This may bother you personally but ignoring evidence that you disagree with is living in a bubble of your own devising.
> Maybe you should read the Torah. Sodomy is listed as a mortal sin. You sound like an anti-semitic bigot.
That’s a very strong response to a simple factual statement, you may need to seek professional help.
dang|1 year ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
defrost|1 year ago
There are several independant accounts of Elagabalus, his behaviour is as well documented as any of those times to be sure.
That said, for context, he was hardly representative being described as "showing a disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos", claimed as having replaced "the traditional head of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter, with the deity Elagabal, of whom he had been high priest".
Most tellingly he lived fast and was assassinated at just 18 years of age.
I have no axe to grind here, it's a great little story from history; it should be made clear that both Nero and Elagabalus were relatively rare flamboyant exceptions to the norms of Roman leaders.
simpletone|1 year ago
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Larrikin|1 year ago
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