The Severans Are Back in Control.

elegabus aim is to go back to rome, but he takes over a year to return. He travels overland through asia, minor spending the winter of two 18, two 19 at nicomedia,. And what this means is a lot of his early dealings with the senate ar through letters. This is a young boy who had been part of the imperial court, but he is still only 14. His mother and grandmother are certainly known within our senatorial circles. Once again, like macrinus, he gives himself the names and titles of emperor without waiting for the senate first. Now that elgablus is the only caesar, uncontested caesar, i suppose r