Heliogabalus
(Emperor,
218-222 AD)
His
idea of a prank was to put lions, leopards, and bears
into the rooms of sleeping houseguests and lock the
door. He was also fond of hitching naked girls to
his carriage and flogging them through the streets
of Rome while wearing nothing but his make up. First
Roman Emperor to rape a vestal virgin on sacred ground
and subsequently condemn her to burial alive (the
proscribed punishment) for failing to maintain her
chastity. Died by assassination: was dragged through
Rome with a meathook and flung into the Tiber.
Sources:
Historia Augusta; Dio,
LXXX; Herodian, History
