Changes

'''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>

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" />  

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" />