Ruler · 203 – 222

Elagabalus

Lived 203 – 222; politician. Roman emperor of Ancient Rome, 218 – 222; also in the line of Roman Empire.

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Lived: 203 – 222; 19 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Roman emperor

Ancient Rome · the 785th of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480

781 before

Elagabalus218 – 222

Severus Alexander222 – 235

Maximinus Thrax235 – 238

57 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 218 – 222 · 4 years · came to it aged 15

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide

Amidst growing opposition, at just 18 years of age he was assassinated and replaced by his cousin Severus Alexander in March 222.

Also in the line of Roman Empire (26th of 79).

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