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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.