16th May » Julia Maesa, aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by the self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus and declares her 14-year old grandson Elagabalus, emperor of Ancient Rome e.g Rome.
8th June » Battle of Antioch (218) or Battle of Antioch: with the support of the Syrian Roman legion known as legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. He flees, but is captured near Chalcedon and later executed in Cappadocia.