One account says that this Roman emperor created a "Woman's Senate" on the Quirinal Hill to deal with matters of etiquette.He took the athlete Aurelius Zoticus as a lover, and named him Master of the Chamber. His family, including hismother Julia Soaemias and grandmother Julia Maesa, hailed from Emesa and were able to bribe the Third Legion commanderPublius Comazon into naming him emperor, with Comazon serving as his Praetorian prefect. He allegedly buried his guestsunder a pile of rose petals during an orgy, a scene which was painted by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. He also committed taboo bymarrying a Vestal Virgin, Julia Severa, and he banished the jurist Ulpian from Rome. He was succeeded by Alexander Severusin 222 CE aftfter coming to power on the death of Macrinus. For 10 points, name this last of the Antonine emperors of Rome,a notoriously decadent tyrant who castrated himself and took th
One account says that this Roman emperor created a "Woman's Senate" on the Quirinal Hill to deal with matters of etiquette.He took the athlete Aurelius Zoticus as a lover, and named him Master of the Chamber. His family, including hismother Julia Soaemias and grandmother Julia Maesa, hailed from Emesa and were able to bribe the Third Legion commanderPublius Comazon into naming him emperor, with Comazon serving as his Praetorian prefect. He allegedly buried his guestsunder a pile of rose petals during an orgy, a scene which was painted by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. He also committed taboo bymarrying a Vestal Virgin, Julia Severa, and he banished the jurist Ulpian from Rome. He was succeeded by Alexander Severusin 222 CE aftfter coming to power on the death of Macrinus. For 10 points, name this last of the Antonine emperors of Rome,a notoriously decadent tyrant who castrated himself and took the name of a solar deity.
One account says that this Roman emperor created a "Woman's Senate" on the Quirinal Hill to deal with matters of etiquette.
Heliogabalus [or Elagabalus; or Varius Avitus BassianusCaesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus]