why did people just keep doing that lol, surely all the people with power should go “hey guys maybe let’s find an excuse to not make a child the emperor?”
In Elagabalus’s case, it was more “We don’t like the current Emperor, so we’ll take any excuse to start a civil war and place this TOTALLY pliant and obedient puppet on the throne”
why did people just keep doing that lol, surely all the people with power should go “hey guys maybe let’s find an excuse to not make a child the emperor?”
In Elagabalus’s case, it was more “We don’t like the current Emperor, so we’ll take any excuse to start a civil war and place this TOTALLY pliant and obedient puppet on the throne”