This man was the second-to-last ruler covered in an 80-book history by Cassius Dio, who lived through this man's reign. A coin minted by this emperor shows a chariot carrying a sacred black stone away from Emesa in Syria, this man's childhood home. This man, who was made emperor by his grandmother Julia Maesa at age fourtee
This man was the second-to-last ruler covered in an 80-book history by Cassius Dio, who lived through this man's reign. A coin minted by this emperor shows a chariot carrying a sacred black stone away from Emesa in Syria, this man's childhood home. This man, who was made emperor by his grandmother Julia Maesa at age fourteen, allegedly married a Vestal Virgin and gained a reputation for extremely decadent acts before his murder and replacement by Alexander Severus four years later. This man took a name from the non-Christian singular deity he forced Romans to worship instead of Jupiter. For 10 points, name this Roman emperor from 218 to 222 CE, a devotee of a unary sun god.