'Elagabalium' - The Priesthood of the Priest

The herodian actually says the romans, conditioned by the painting, found nothing strange in the sight when he appeared. It was really a quite exceptional experience. There were lots of eastern religions that flourished under the roman empire. Why did elegablus call such horror? Dio provides clear indication here, and this is in book 80 11,. point one, and i quote, the en consisted not in his introducing a foreign god into rome, or in his exalting him in very strange ways, but in his placing him even before jupiter himself, and causing himself to be voted his priest. E'd be great to see that portrait. I would love to see that