Comazon and other allies of Julia Maesa…

Comazon and other allies of Julia Maesa and Elagabalus are given powerful and lucrative positions in the autumn of 219 when the new emperor’s entourage reaches Rome, much to the outrage of many senators who do not consider them to be respectable.

After Comazon's tenure as Praetorian prefect, he will serve as the city prefect of Rome three times, and as consul twice.

Elagabalus soon devalues the Roman currency, decreasing the silver purity of the denarius from 58% to 46.5%—the actual silver weight dropping from 1.82 grams to 1.41 grams.

He also demonetized the antoninianus during this period in Rome.

Elagabalus tries to have his presumed lover, the charioteer Hierocles, declared Caesar, while another alleged lover, the athlete Aurelius Zoticus, is appointed to the non-administrative but influential position of Cubicularius.

His offer of amnesty for the Roman leadership is largely honored, though the jurist Ulpian is exiled.

The relationships between Julia Maesa, Julia Soaemias, and Elagabalus are strong, at first.

His mother and grandmother become the first women to be allowed into the Senate, and both received senatorial titles: Soaemias the established title of Clarissima and Maesa the more unorthodox Mater Castrorum et Senatus.

While Julia Maesa tries to position herself as the power behind the throne and subsequently the most powerful woman in the world, Elagabalus will prove to be highly independent, set in his ways, and impossible to control.