VARIUS AVITUS BASSIANUS
HELIOGABALUS: | Emperor of Rome. | | PAULA: | His senior wife. | | ANNIA FAUSTINA: | } | | CÆLESTIS: | } | | AQUILIA SEVERA: | }Junior wives. | | ALINIA: | } | | DACIA: | } | | LUCIA THE GALATIAN: | A Christian maiden. | | SIMON OF CAPPADOCIA: | A Christian clergyman. | | CAIUS MACRINUS: | Commander of the Western fleet. | | POLORUS: | A physician. | | PISO: | A physician. | | RUFINIUS: | Major-domo to HELIOGABALUS. | | HECATUS: | A Greek. | | CORNELIA METELLI: | A public woman. | | LUCIUS MACEDONICUS: | A pickpocket. | Army Officers, Imperial Guards, Additional Wives of the Emperor, Dancing Girls, Slaves, etc. ACT I: The atrium in the imperial palace. The night before New Year's Day, A.D. 221. ACT II: The imperial bed-chamber. Toward the middle of the year 221. ACT III: Antechamber and banquet hall in the palace. The evening of the following day.
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