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| | Elagabalus (218 - 222 AD) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Soldiers of legio III Gallica, based at Rapheneae, frequented Emesa, and the temple there, and seem to have been disposed to believe the story about Bassianus. |
 | | On May 16, 218, Bassianus was taken to the camp of legio III Gallica and proclaimed emperor, taking the name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (he is usually called Elagabalus, after the god whom he worshipped). |
 | | Upon hearing of the proclamation of Elagabalus, and the failure of the legate of III Gallica to retake the camp, Macrinus, who had traveled to Apamea to garner support from legio II Parthica, proclaimed his son Diadumenianus as co-emperor. |
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