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* Macrinus, of Mauritania, becomes the first equestrian Roman emperor.
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Macrinus and becomes
* 217 – Caracalla assassinated ; Macrinus becomes emperor
Macrinus and first
The first historical bishop, Macrinus, can be found in the 4th century, when Eleutheropolis was an important city.
The city was a " City of Excellence " in the fourth century and a Christian bishopric with the largest territory in Palestine: its first known bishop is Macrinus, who attended the Council of Nicaea in 325.
Macrinus and equestrian
Mauretania gave to the empire one emperor, the equestrian Macrinus, who seized power after the assassination of Caracalla in 217 but was himself defeated and executed by Elagabalus the next year.
Macrinus came from an equestrian family ; Dio Cassius writes that he was a Moor from Caesarea.
Macrinus and Roman
* 217 – Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated ( and succeeded ) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
* Macrinus, Roman emperor ( approximate date )
Marcus Opellius Macrinus head of the Praetorian Guard, declares himself Roman emperor.
* Summer – Battle of Nisibis: The Roman army under command of Macrinus, is defeated in a three days battle by the Parthians at Nisibis ( southern Turkey ).
** Macrinus, Roman emperor ( b. 165 )
Diadumenian () ( 14 / 19 September 208 – 218 ), was the son of the Roman Emperor Macrinus, and served his father briefly as Caesar ( May 217 – 218 ) and as Augustus ( in 218 ).
* In the Battle of Antioch ( 218 ), Elagabalus defeated Macrinus and become Roman emperor.
Caracalla's successor, the Praetorian Prefect of the Guard Macrinus, was defeated at Nisibis and concluded a peace with Artabanus, in which he gave up all the Roman conquests, restored the booty, and paid a heavy contribution to the Parthians.
With one decision, Macrinus alienated most of the Roman establishment and made his own political destruction inevitable — so much were the frumentarii resented.
# The Death of Severus – Tyranny of Caracalla – Usurpation of Macrinus – Follies of Elagabalus – Virtues of Alexander Severus – Licentiousness of the Army – General State of the Roman Finances – Tax & Tribute
The town was the birthplace to the Roman Emperor Macrinus and Greek grammarian Priscian.
The Battle of Antioch ( June 8, 218 ) took place between two Roman armies of the Roman Emperor Macrinus and his contender Elagabalus, whose troops were commanded by general Gannys.
* Roman Empire Net article on Macrinus
Macrinus and emperor
In 217, the emperor Caracalla was assassinated and replaced by his Praetorian prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
When the emperor Macrinus came to power, he suppressed the threat against his reign by the family of his assassinated predecessor, Caracalla, by exiling them — Julia Maesa, her two daughters, and her eldest grandson Elagabalus — to their estate at Emesa in Syria.
* 218 – Battle of Antioch: Elagabalus defeats with support of the Syrian legions the forces of emperor Macrinus.
The book is dedicated to a Macrinus, who may have been the emperor who reigned 217-218, but that name was not uncommon, and it seems more likely he was simply a young man with a thirst for universal knowledge, which the book was compiled to satisfy.
* 218 – Julia Maesa, aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by the self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus and declares her 14-year old grandson Elagabalus, emperor of Rome.
On account of the cruelty and treachery of the emperor, Macrinus became involved in a conspiracy to kill him, and ordered the praetorian guard to do so.
* May 16 – Julia Maesa, an aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by the self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus and declares her grandson Elagabalus, age 14, emperor of Rome.
Caracalla was succeeded by his Praetorian Guard Prefect, Macrinus, who ( according to Herodian ) was most probably responsible for having the emperor assassinated.
Centuries later, the emperor Caracalla was murdered here at the instigation of Macrinus ( 217 ).
* Baebius Macrinus, a rhetorician, mentioned along with Julius Frontinus and Julius Granianus, as one of the teachers of the emperor Alexander Severus.
But the new emperor Macrinus did not proscribe her and allowed her to keep her money.
The two Julias were successful, mainly because Macrinus was of an obscure origin without the proper political connections, and Elagabalus became emperor.
In 218 Macrinus was killed and Bassianus became emperor with the name of Elagabalus.
They produced one of Trajan's best generals, Lusius Quietus, and the emperor Macrinus.
Macrinus became emperor in 217 after Caracalla was murdered by Justin Martialus while fighting the Parthians.
Macrinus was proclaimed emperor three days later by the troops in Parthia.
Macrinus and .
The Persians were driven back but then Macrianus proclaimed his two sons Quietus and Macrianus ( sometimes wrongly spelled Macrinus ) as emperors towards the end of the summer of that year.
Macrinus was defeated on 8 June 218, at the Battle of Antioch.
Almost upon arrival in Syria she began a plot, with her advisor and Elagabalus ' tutor Gannys, to overthrow Macrinus and elevate the fourteen-year-old Elagabalus to the imperial throne.
In response Macrinus dispatched his Praetorian prefect Ulpius Julianus to the region with a contingent of troops he considered strong enough to crush the rebellion.
Macrinus now sent letters to the Senate denouncing Elagabalus as the False Antoninus and claiming he was insane.
Macrinus and his son, weakened by the desertion of the Second Legion due to bribes and promises circulated by Julia Maesa, were defeated on 8 June 218 at the Battle of Antioch by troops commanded by Gannys.
Macrinus fled toward Italy, disguised as a courier, but was later intercepted near Chalcedon and executed in Cappadocia.
Letters of reconciliation were dispatched to Rome extending amnesty to the Senate and recognizing the laws, while also condemning the administration of Macrinus and his son.
Caracalla and Julia Domna were both deified by the Senate, both Julia Maesa and Julia Soaemias were elevated to the rank of Augustae, and the memory of both Macrinus and Diadumenianus was condemned by the Senate.
Opelius Macrinus was born in 164 at Caesarea.
Three days later, Macrinus was declared Augustus.
After months of mild rebellion by the bulk of the army in Syria, Macrinus took his loyal troops to meet the army of Elagabalus near Antioch.
Macrinus managed to escape ito Chalcedon but his authority was lost: he was betrayed and executed after a short reign of just 14 months.
M. Opelius Diadumenianus was the son of Macrinus, born in 208.
This revolt spread to the entire Syrian army ( which, at the time, was swollen with troops raised by the Emperor Caracalla, and not fully loyal to Macrinus ), and eventually they were to win the short struggle that followed by defeating Macrinus at a battle just outside Antioch.
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