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Today's portrait from the NY Carlsberg Glyptoteket in Copenhagen is of the early third century emperor Elgabalus. A good summary of his career is at De Imperatoribus Romanis.
I remember enjoying Afred Duggan's Family Favourites. An entertaining account of how he has been seen in modern literature is Mark Nugent's "From 'filthy catamite' to 'queer icon': Elagabalus and the politics of sexuality (1960-1975)" (Helios, Volume 35, Number 2, Fall 2008, pp. 171-196) - you can read it online here.
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