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Elagabalus vices "are of such a kind that is too disgusting even to allude to them."
'''Elagabalus''' was Emperor of [[Rome]] from A.D. 218 - 222 succeeding [[Macrinus]] who had been assassinated when he became unpopular with the military after he tried to cut the pay of the troops. Elagabalus was chosen because of his bloodline to [[Severus]]. He took the name Elagabalus in reverence for the Syrian sun god.<ref>Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979</ref>
'''Elagabalus''' was Emperor of [[Rome]] from A.D. 218 - 222 succeeding [[Macrinus]] who had been assassinated when he became unpopular with the military after he tried to cut the pay of the troops. Elagabalus was chosen because of his bloodline to [[Severus]]. He took the name Elagabalus in reverence for the Syrian sun god.<ref>''Encyclopedia of Military History'', Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979</ref>
Only about 13 years of age at the time of his ascension to the throne, the empire was really ruled by his forceful mother, Julia Soaemias.<ref>An Encyclopedia of World History, Kingsport Press, 1948</ref> He adopted his cousin [[Alexander Severus]] as his successor. The [[Praetorian guard]] murdered Elagabalus in 222, paving the way for his cousin to rule.
Elagabalus was one sick tranny. "The name Elagabalus is branded in history above all others; for Caligula and Nero, if compared to him, appear in favorable light," according to nineteenth century historian Barthold Georg Niebuhr.<ref name=Niebuhr>Niebuhr, Barthold Georg, ''[http://books.google.com.vn/books?id=hbg_AAAAYAAJ&dq=Elagabalus+to+even+allude+to&source=gbs_navlinks_s The History of Rome from the First Punic War to the Death of Constantine]'' (1844), p. 306.</ref> His vices "are of such a kind that it is too disgusting even to allude to them."<ref name="Niebuhr" />
Only about 13 years of age at the time of his ascension to the throne, the empire was ruled by his forceful mother, Julia Soaemias.<ref>An Encyclopedia of World History, Kingsport Press, 1948</ref> He adopted his cousin [[Alexander Severus]] as his successor. Although Elagabalus treated his soldiers well, they despised him on account of his "unspeakably disgusting life."<ref name="Niebuhr" /> The [[Praetorian guard]] murdered Elagabalus in 222, paving the way for his cousin to rule.
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