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Macrinus was overthrown at the Battle of Antioch on 8 June 218 and Elagabalus proclaimed himself emperor with support from the rebelling Roman legions. Macrinus fled the battlefield and tried to reach Rome, but was captured in Chalcedon and later executed in Cappadocia.
May 28, 2024 · Macrinus (born c. 164, Caesarea, Mauretania [now Cherchell, Algeria]—died June 218, in Bithynia [now in Tur.]) was a Roman emperor in 217 and 218, the first man to rule the empire without having achieved senatorial status.
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Oct 8, 2013 · On April 8, 218 CE as Caracalla stopped along the roadside to relieve himself, one of his bodyguards came up behind him with sword in hand and stabbed the unsuspecting emperor. Macrinus returned to camp with the body of Caracalla, claiming he had already killed the emperor's murderer.
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Macrinus was a Roman emperor in 217 and 218, the first man to rule the empire without having achieved senatorial status. Died: June 218, in Bithynia [now in Turkey]. How long did Macrinus rule?
Jul 27, 2020 · In any case, on 8 April AD 217 Martialis assassinated Caracalla. Though as Martialis tried to get away, he was himself killed Caracalla’s mounted bodyguards. This meant there was no witness to link Macrinus with the murder. And so Macrinus feigned ignorance of the plot and pretended grief at his emperor’s death.
When Septimius Severus died in February 211, his sons and successors Caracalla and Geta chose the Mauretanian to take care of the finances of the imperial family (procurator rei privatae). He was now one of the most important courtiers and must have known everything that happened in the imperial palace, including the details of the bloody ...
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Death. Macrinus soon heard that Julia Domna, Caracalla’s mother, was plotting to assassinate him and avenge her son. He issued an order to arrest her, but she died of an illness. Meanwhile, Domna’s sister, Julia Maesa, sparked rumors that her son, Elagabalus, was Caracalla’s illegitimate child, and was therefore chosen by the gods to rule.
