The Mad Emperor

What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? The life and times of the worst Roman emperor of all.What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage ...

What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? The life and times of the worst Roman emperor of all.What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? Discover the scandalous life and times of Rome''s worst emperor. ''Buy the book; it''s very entertaining.'' David Aaronovitch, The Times On 8 June 218 AD, a fourteen-year-old Syrian boy, egged on by his grandmother, led an army to battle in a Roman civil war. Against all expectations, he was victorious. Varius Avitus Bassianus, known to the modern world as Heliogabalus, was proclaimed emperor.