His grandfather was the great-grandson a thousand and eight times removed of my son Shem's great-grandnephew on his father's side.
"The Pursuit of the House-Boat"
John Kendrick Bangs
Within ten months of his accession Macrinus was overthrown, after his defeat at Immae, where, though the praetorians still fought for him bravely, he took ignominious flight; Julia Domna's grandnephew was then proclaimed Caesar by the troops, under the name of Heliogabalus, and the young emperor of fourteen had a statue and a cenotaph erected at Alexandria to Caracalla, whose son he was falsely reputed to be.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
You are an honest man, Dorsenne; you are a great artist; you are my friend, and a friend allied to me by a sacred bond, almost a brother-in-arms; you, the grandnephew of a hero who shed his blood by the side of my grandfather at Somo-Sierra.
"Cosmopolis, Complete"
Paul Bourget Last Updated: March 3, 2009