Elgabalus was Roman emperor from 218 to 222 CE. Having failed to keep many of his promises to the army, Roman Emperor Macrinus (217 – 218 CE) was becoming increasingly unpopular, and it would only take a little lie from a young boy's mother to change everything. On May 16, 218 CE a fourteen-year-old teenager was sneaked into the camp of the Third Gallic Legion in Syria and proclaimed the new imperial ruler. Shortly afterwards, Macrinus was dead. Although the new emperor would change his name to Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, history would know him as Elagabalus.
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204 CEBirth of Roman Emperor Elagabalus.
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11 Mar 218 CERoman Emperor Elagabalus orders execution of his cousin the future Alexander Severus.
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11 Mar 218 CERoman Emperor Elagabalus orders execution of his cousin the future Alexander Severus.
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8 Jun 218 CE - 11 Mar 222 CEReign of Roman Emperor Elagabalus.
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221 CEAlexander Severus named Caesar and heir to Elagabalus.
