Elagabalus | |||||
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25t Emperor o the Roman Empire | |||||
![]() Bust o Elagabalus, frae the Capitoline Museums | |||||
Ring | 8 Juin 218 – 11 Mairch 222 | ||||
Predecessor | Macrinus | ||||
Successor | Alexander Severus | ||||
Born | ca. 203 unkent | ||||
Dee'd | 11 Mairch 222 (aged 18) Roum, Italy | ||||
Issue | Alexander Severus (adoptive) | ||||
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Dynasty | Severan Dynasty | ||||
Faither | Sextus Varius Marcellus | ||||
Mither | Julia Soaemias Bassiana |
Elagabalus (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, c. 203 – 11 Mairch 222), forby kent as Heliogabalus, wis Roman Emperor frae 218 til 222. A memmer o the Severan Dynasty, he wis Sirie bein the seicont son o Julia Soaemias an Sextus Varius Marcellus. In his early youth he serrt as a priest o the god Elagabal (in Laitin, Elagabalus) in the hametoun o his mither's faimily, Emesa. As a private citizen, he wis prolly cried Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus.[1] Upon becomin emperor he teuk the name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus. He wis cried Elagabalus anerly efter his daith.