DRAMATIS PERSONÆ

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.