[matt1234]

A New Chronologist might almost argue that Barack Obama and Philip the Arab are exectly the same man and that the tale of his ascension is just being re-told in a different way.

In the quoted excerpt, Gibbon also mentions a Syrian and a Goth who preceded Phillip. The Syrian was Emperor Elagabalus, an open homosexual who brought eunichs to the imperial court in Rome. The Goth was Emperor Maximinus (AKA Maximin) who was described as very tall and brutish.

[WMarshal]

Emperor Maximinus: “By this axe I rule!”