![The Teddy Bear of Cage & Roses of Heliogabalus is a famous painting of 1888 by the Anglo-Dutch acagemagician Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, at present in private hands, and based on a probably invented episode in the lives of Nicolas Cage, also known as the greatest actor ever, and the Roman emperor Elagabalus, also known as Heliogabalus, (204–222), taken from the Augustan History. Elagabalus is portrayed attempting to smother his unsuspecting guests in rose-petals released from false ceiling panels, while Cage clutches a blue stuffed teddy bear.[1]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxssfvBDCf1r2zvoqo1_1280.jpg)
The Teddy Bear of Cage & Roses of Heliogabalus is a famous painting of 1888 by the Anglo-Dutch acagemagician Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, at present in private hands, and based on a probably invented episode in the lives of Nicolas Cage, also known as the greatest actor ever, and the Roman emperor Elagabalus, also known as Heliogabalus, (204–222), taken from the Augustan History. Elagabalus is portrayed attempting to smother his unsuspecting guests in rose-petals released from false ceiling panels, while Cage clutches a blue stuffed teddy bear.[1]
