Emperor Elagabalus pulls a Constatine for the god Elagabal

What if he successfully establishes Elagabal as a common cult in the Roman Empire eventually gaining privileges for it ? Elagabal had been not only worshipped in Syria but in various parts of the Empire including Italy itself. OTL the emperor pushed for it and it went bad for Elagabal , so maybe in a long term ?
 
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You're putting the cart before the horse.

Christianity was already an increasingly important religion by the time Constantine showed up and legalized it. The Syro-Roman cult of Elagabal was not. And considering the unpopularity and instability of his rule, Elagabalus' attempt would more likely than not discredit the cult.
 
What if he successfully establishes Elagabal as a common cult in the Roman Empire eventually gaining privileges for it ? Elagabal had been not only worshipped in Syria but in various parts of the Empire including Italy itself. OTL the emperor pushed for it and it went bad for Elagabal , so maybe in a long term ?

A less insane Emperor might have been able to propagate Heliogabalism (or whatever you want to call it) more widely, although this probably wouldn't look very much like what Constantine did. For one thing, Heliogabalism, like most pagan cults, was non-exclusive, so one could worship both Elagabal and the more traditional Graeco-Roman deities. Accordingly even a very successful Elagbal cult would be unlikely to supplant the worship of other gods in the way that Christianity did.
 
A less insane Emperor might have been able to propagate Heliogabalism (or whatever you want to call it) more widely, although this probably wouldn't look very much like what Constantine did. For one thing, Heliogabalism, like most pagan cults, was non-exclusive, so one could worship both Elagabal and the more traditional Graeco-Roman deities. Accordingly even a very successful Elagbal cult would be unlikely to supplant the worship of other gods in the way that Christianity did.
You could check what Aurelian did, where Sol Invictus was not destroying all other divinities like Constantine would later, but instead he said that all divinities were facets of Sol Invictus.

Sounds like a better way to rub this in
 
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