DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
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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.