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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2681310, member: 19463&quot;]Not quite.&nbsp; Caracalla was Elagabalus&#039; mother&#039;s first cousin.&nbsp; If you believe the official line according by Dio Cassius, Soaemias announced that Elagabalus was the son of her cousin Caracalla.&nbsp; Caracalla was 15 when Elagabalus was born (Soaemias was 23) so all we need is a DNA test now to be sure.&nbsp; The way I see this, it could be a misreading on her claiming that Caracalla adopted the boy and intended him as heir.&nbsp; Reverse adoptions were common.&nbsp; Remember Septimius made himself the son of Aurelius and brother of Commodus when it seemed appropriate.&nbsp; That is how Caracalla got his Marcus Aurelius Antoninus name since his grandfather was all of a sudden Marcus Aurelius.&nbsp;&nbsp; Had he not died c.215, Soaemias&#039; husband had been on the fast track for promotion since the fall of Plautilla&#039;s father and quite possibly would have been emperor following Caracalla because of the army support he would have commanded that was not as strong for the 14 year old boy.&nbsp; Had Sextus Marcellus been alive, I doubt Macrinus would be a factor in history.&nbsp; Such wonderings are wandering from reality.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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