Knowing is half the battle!

Well, no surprise there.

He trolled until his death

Turns out this is actually true.
Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, also known as Elagabalus reigned from 218 to 222.
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He was one to eschew the usual Roman traditions and from what I read, he was a bit of a wacky guy:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elagabalus

GI JOE

fun fact, it was his grandma's idea to kill him

Geoffrey?

This post takes me back