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People were poking fun at this belief as early as the end of the fourth
century, when the pseudonymous author of the "Augustan History" ('Aelius
Lampridius' in his "Life of Heliogabalus") wrote:
Fertur in euripis vino ploenis navales circenses exhibuisse, pallia de
oenanthio fudisse et elefantorum quattuor quadrigas in Vaticano agitasse
dirutis sepulchris, quae obsistebant, iunxisse etiam camelos quaternos ad
currus in circo privato spectaculo. [24:1]
"He is said to have given naval displays on the circus canals, which had
been filled with wine; to have sprinkled cloaks with grape perfume and
driven a chariot drawn by four elephants on the Vatican, destroying the
tombs which were in the way; also to have harnessed four camels to a
chariot, for a private show at the circus."
John Briggs
Bill East quoted:
> " . . . There are historical grounds for believing that his tomb
> in St Peter's, Rome, is authentic."
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