Elagabalus Quote

I am emperor. It is I who know what is best for Rome. Not you traitors. Now, let go of my horses!


Statement as he prepared to flee a camp after angry exchanges and insults with his Praetorian Guard; as quoted in The Gigantic Book of Horse Wisdom (2007) by Thomas Meagher, p. 298


I am emperor. It is I who know what is best for Rome. Not you traitors. Now, let go of my horses!

I am emperor. It is I who know what is best for Rome. Not you traitors. Now, let go of my horses!

I am emperor. It is I who know what is best for Rome. Not you traitors. Now, let go of my horses!

I am emperor. It is I who know what is best for Rome. Not you traitors. Now, let go of my horses!