Severan Dynasty - Septimius Severus, Elagabalus, Caracalla, Alexander Severus, Macrinus, Roman Emperors Family Tree, Battle at the Harzh (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Septimius Severus, Elagabalus, Caracalla, Alexander Severus, Macrinus, Roman Emperors family tree, Battle at the Harzhorn, Baths of Caracalla, Publius Septimius Geta, Annia Faustina, Julia Domna, Battle of Lugdunum, Arch of Septimius Severus, Julia Avita Mamaea, Sallustia Orbiana, Julia Maesa, Fulvia Plautilla, Diadumenian, Aemilius Papinianus, Antoninianus, Aquilia Severa, Year of the Five Emperors, Julius Bassianus, Constitutio Antoniniana, Julia Soaemias, Barbia Orbiana, Severan art, Severus Scroll, Gaius Septimius Severus Aper, Hierocles, Severan dynasty family tree. Excerpt: Elagabalus (Latin: ca. 203 - March 11, 222), also known as Heliogabalus, was Roman Emperor from 218 to 222. A member of the Severan Dynasty, he was Syrian on his mother's side, the son of Julia Soaemias and Sextus Varius Marcellus. Early in his youth he served as a priest of the god El-Gabal at his hometown, Emesa. Upon becoming emperor he took the name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus and was called Elagabalus only after his death. In 217, the emperor Caracalla was assassinated and replaced by his Praetorian prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. Caracalla's maternal aunt, Julia Maesa, successfully instigated a revolt among the Third Legion to have her eldest grandson, Elagabalus, declared emperor in his place. Macrinus was defeated on June 8, 218, at the Battle of Antioch, upon which Elagabalus, barely fourteen years old, ascended to the imperial power and began a reign that was marred by infamous controversies. During his rule, Elagabalus showed a disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos. He replaced the traditional head of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter, with a lesser god, Deus Sol Invictus (in Greek: Helios, hence the name Heliogabalos), and forced leading members of Rome's government to participate in religious rites ce...