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If you like Roman Emperors, this one was arguably a troon, no historical revisionism necessary.
Elagabalus
Elagabalus
... Now that he was their emperor, however, the soldiers were less than impressed, and, according to the Historia Augusta, “soon began to regret that they had conspired against Macrinus to make this man emperor.” Even Elagabalus’ grandmother began to worry about the way the emperor presented himself to his subjects. In Herodian’s account, Julia Maesa is said to have been “greatly disturbed and tried again and again to persuade the youth to wear Roman dress when he entered the city to visit the senate,” fearing that “his appearance, obviously foreign and wholly barbaric, would offend those who saw him.” ...