> I have a feeling this is a bit screwed up. Alexander reigned from > 222-235 > and was more than tolerant towards Christians: he has long been > suspected of > being a closet Christian. Alexander's half demented cousin > Elagabulus > (218-222) is probably the emperor intended here. Don't shoot the messenger - I merely quote from Baring-Gould. Oriens. ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%