Matilda Brown

We see the very first coinage issued with liberalitas, you know, military distribution reverses struck in her name. So when Julia Maesa comes in and she says, I'm going to give you guys money, I think that it probably makes a lot of sense to people that she really will pay up. They're used to the women in this family giving the military lots of money.

We see the very first coinage issued with liberalitas, you know, military distribution reverses struck in her name. So when Julia Maesa comes in and she says, I'm going to give you guys money, I think that it probably makes a lot of sense to people that she really will pay up. They're used to the women in this family giving the military lots of money.

We see the very first coinage issued with liberalitas, you know, military distribution reverses struck in her name. So when Julia Maesa comes in and she says, I'm going to give you guys money, I think that it probably makes a lot of sense to people that she really will pay up. They're used to the women in this family giving the military lots of money.

So she comes in and she says, I have these two grandsons, and they have both been enrolled in the Temple of Elagabal. And from what we hear, the Third Gallic Legion, which is stationed near Emesa,

So she comes in and she says, I have these two grandsons, and they have both been enrolled in the Temple of Elagabal. And from what we hear, the Third Gallic Legion, which is stationed near Emesa,

So she comes in and she says, I have these two grandsons, and they have both been enrolled in the Temple of Elagabal. And from what we hear, the Third Gallic Legion, which is stationed near Emesa,

at Raphaneia are really big fans of the cult of Elagabal and they love to come to the temple and watch the ceremonies and they think that the beautiful young Elagabalus the head priest is really doing a fantastic job and she says oh well by the way he also is the illegitimate son of Caracalla and I'm going to give you a hell of a lot of cash if you put him on the throne and so it works

at Raphaneia are really big fans of the cult of Elagabal and they love to come to the temple and watch the ceremonies and they think that the beautiful young Elagabalus the head priest is really doing a fantastic job and she says oh well by the way he also is the illegitimate son of Caracalla and I'm going to give you a hell of a lot of cash if you put him on the throne and so it works

at Raphaneia are really big fans of the cult of Elagabal and they love to come to the temple and watch the ceremonies and they think that the beautiful young Elagabalus the head priest is really doing a fantastic job and she says oh well by the way he also is the illegitimate son of Caracalla and I'm going to give you a hell of a lot of cash if you put him on the throne and so it works

And on the 15th, the evening of the 15th of May, 218, Maesa and Elagabalus's mother, Maesa's older daughter, Julia Soamius, and her younger daughter, Julia Mamea, and Julia Mamea's son, Severus Alexander, all get snuck in. into the fortress of the Third Gallic Legion at Raffanea.

And on the 15th, the evening of the 15th of May, 218, Maesa and Elagabalus's mother, Maesa's older daughter, Julia Soamius, and her younger daughter, Julia Mamea, and Julia Mamea's son, Severus Alexander, all get snuck in. into the fortress of the Third Gallic Legion at Raffanea.

And on the 15th, the evening of the 15th of May, 218, Maesa and Elagabalus's mother, Maesa's older daughter, Julia Soamius, and her younger daughter, Julia Mamea, and Julia Mamea's son, Severus Alexander, all get snuck in. into the fortress of the Third Gallic Legion at Raffanea.

And then the next morning on the 16th, they bring Elagabalus up onto the ramparts and they say, here he is, the son of Caracalla. He is the legitimate emperor of Rome. And things kick off immediately.

And then the next morning on the 16th, they bring Elagabalus up onto the ramparts and they say, here he is, the son of Caracalla. He is the legitimate emperor of Rome. And things kick off immediately.

And then the next morning on the 16th, they bring Elagabalus up onto the ramparts and they say, here he is, the son of Caracalla. He is the legitimate emperor of Rome. And things kick off immediately.

No. We have... No. We have his father's gravestone. That was set up by Julius Tuamius. We know that he had a sibling at some point from that gravestone, though we have no record of the sibling in the literary evidence. However, we do have provincial coinage that has Elagabalus on one side, his face. Provincial coinage struck in the east.

No. We have... No. We have his father's gravestone. That was set up by Julius Tuamius. We know that he had a sibling at some point from that gravestone, though we have no record of the sibling in the literary evidence. However, we do have provincial coinage that has Elagabalus on one side, his face. Provincial coinage struck in the east.

No. We have... No. We have his father's gravestone. That was set up by Julius Tuamius. We know that he had a sibling at some point from that gravestone, though we have no record of the sibling in the literary evidence. However, we do have provincial coinage that has Elagabalus on one side, his face. Provincial coinage struck in the east.

And then the face of Plautilla, Caracalla's executed and exiled wife on the other side. So clearly people are really running with this in the Eastern Empire and it seems to be working. You know, he very much is accepted by a lot of these Eastern legions. It takes a little while. It takes a couple of months. But Macrinus' forces respond pretty quickly.

And then the face of Plautilla, Caracalla's executed and exiled wife on the other side. So clearly people are really running with this in the Eastern Empire and it seems to be working. You know, he very much is accepted by a lot of these Eastern legions. It takes a little while. It takes a couple of months. But Macrinus' forces respond pretty quickly.