Herodian, History of the Empire: Elagabalus holds a procession carrying the black stone idol along a road strewn with gold dust, and the citizens…
On entering Rome he neglects provincial affairs, installs the god Elagabal on the Palatine and builds a temple
Sed ubi primum ingressus est urbem, omissis quae in provincia gerebantur, Heliogabalum in Palatino monte iuxta aedes imperatorias consecravit eique templum…
Location: Heliog. 3.4
Elagabalus holds a procession carrying the black stone idol along a road strewn with gold dust, and the citizens follow with torches and flowers.
And that he might not Humble or ilip (as he could notfeewherehewent) the whole Way was brewed with golden Sand, and his Guards ran with him and fupported him…
Location: 5.6
Place: Rome
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