Tuesday, May 16, 2006
This Day in Ancient History
On this day in 318 AD, Elagabalus is proclaimed Emperor of Rome by the troops. He is 14 years old. The troops want him to lead them against the unpopular Emperor Macrinus who is 54. I've done the etymology and there is happily no relationship between the older Emperor and the silly Spanish dance of a similar name about 15 years ago.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 5:48 AM 
