 When the entourage reached Rome in the autumn of 219 , Comazon and other allies of Julia Maesa and Elagabalus were given powerful and lucrative positions , to the outrage of many senators who did not consider them worthy of such privileges . After his tenure as Praetorian prefect , Comazon would serve as the city prefect of Rome three times , and as consul twice . Elagabalus soon devalued the Roman currency . He decreased 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 . 
