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	Roman Emperors - DIR Macrinus
		While it is highly conjectural that, as a young man, the future emperor was the dedicatee of Ampelius' encyclopedic Liber memoralis, Macrinus undoubtedly received a literary education that enabled him to rise high as a bureaucrat in the imperial service during the reign of the emperor Severus.
		Macrinus shared the position with the experienced soldier Adventus, and the pair served Caracalla during the emperor's campaigns in the East.
		Macrinus traveled across Asia Minor disguised as a courier and nearly made it to Europe, but he was captured in Chalcedon.
	www.roman-emperors.org /macrinus.htm (963 words)

	Marcus Opellius Macrinus
		The fact that Macrinus was both reliable and helpless, made him a perfect political friend for the powerful praetorian prefect of the emperor Septimius Severus, Gaius Fulvius Plautianus, who occupied this office between 197 and 205.
		Macrinus seems to have played an important role, because when the emperor returned to his winter quarters in Edessa, the praetorian prefect received the title of vir clarissimus and the right to wear the emblems of a consul.
		Macrinus himself escaped from the battlefield and fled to Rome, hoping to gain support from the Senate and the people, but he was seized in Chalcedon in Bithynia by Aurelius Celsus and taken to Cappadocia, where he was decapitated by Marcianus Taurus.
	www.livius.org /on-oz/opellius/macrinus.html (2155 words)

	Macrinus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Macrinus was the first emperor to hail from the African province of Mauretania.
		Meeting the Parthians in battle during the summer of 217, Macrinus was defeated near the town of Nisibis and as a result was forced to enter negotiations through which was obliged to pay the enormous indemnity of 200 million sesterces to the Parthian ruler Artabanus V in return for peace.
		Macrinus, deserted by most of his soldiers, was soundly defeated in the battle, and fled towards Italy disguised as a courier.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Macrinus (1109 words)

	Macrinus - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Macrinus must have been close to the ruler and it is likely that he accompanied Septimius Severus on his campaign in Caledonia.
		Macrinus seems to have played an important role, because when the emperor returned to his winter quarters in Edessa, the praetorian prefect received the title of vir clarissimus and the right to wear the emblems of a consul.
		Macrinus himself escaped from the battlefield and tried to reach the city of Calchedon, but was overtaken, arrested, and killed.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Macrinus (1997 words)

	Battle of Antioch (218) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Macrinus became emperor in 217 after Caracalla was murdered by Justin Martialus while fighting the Parthians, which many people believe Macrinus was involved in.
		Macrinus had fought an indecisive battle with the Parthians and signed an agreement with the Parthians that many people thought was unfavourable to Rome.
		Macrinus was recognised by a centurion at Chalcedon on the Bospurus, taken back to Antioch and killed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Antioch_(218) (345 words)

	Macrinus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Macrinus though knew very well that his being emperor depended entirely on the goodwill of the army as he at first had no support at all in the senate.
		Meanwhile Macrinus was gradually losing the support of the army, as he tried to disentangle Rome from the war with Parthia which Caracalla had begun.
		Macrinus used this as a means to cancel the previous pay reductions and distributing a large bonus to the soldiers, in the hope that may win back their favour.
	www.roman-empire.net /decline/macrinus.html (1050 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Macrinus
		He is historically important for the facts that he was the first member of the equestrian class (Latin: eques) to ascend to the imperial throne, as well as the first emperor to hail from the African province of Mauretania.
		Meeting the Parthians in battle during the summer of 217, Macrinus was defeated near the town of Nisibis and as a result was forced to enter negotiations through which he paid a considerable indemnity to the Parthian ruler Artabanus V in return for peace.
		Macrinus, deserted by most of his soldiers, was soundly defeated and fled towards Italy disguised as a courier.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Macrinus (1047 words)

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		Macrinus connived at his promotion with the definite intention of blinding the public in regard to his own record, which would have shown that he had seized the imperial office while yet a knight.
		Macrinus, however, did not forward an exact account of all their proceedings to the senate and consequently triumphal sacrifices were voted him and the name of Parthicus was bestowed.
		Macrinus, upon discovering what had been done, no longer dared either to stay where he was or to assault the fortification, but returned to Antioch with all speed.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/2/0/6/12061/12061-8.txt (15668 words)

	Macrinus: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The roman senate (lat., senatus) was a deliberative body which was important in the government of both the roman republic and the roman empire....
		(and Macrinus' appointee as urban prefect proved unable to repair the damage to the satisfaction of the populace and had to be replaced.
		(Macrinus reinforced the notion of the soldiers as the true brokers of power in the 3rd century empire and highlighted the importance of maintaining the support of this vital faction.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/macrinus.htm (2284 words)

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		By 212, Macrinus held the trust of Emperor Caracalla and was appointed prefect of the Praetorian Guard, sharing his duties with Oclatinus Adventus.
		Macrinus fled to Antioch and tried to escape to the West but was captured at Chalcedon and returned to Antioch.
		The reign of Macrinus was important in that it was the first time that a nonsenator and a Mauretanian had occupied the throne.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME0968 (481 words)

	The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire - Vol 1 - Chapter VI Part II (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The numerous army, assembled in the East by the late emperor, instead of being immediately dispersed by Macrinus through the several provinces, was suffered to remain united in Syria, during the winter that followed his elevation.
		Bassianus, for that was the name of the son of Soæmias, was consecrated to the honorable ministry of high priest of the Sun; and this holy vocation, embraced either from prudence or superstition, contributed to raise the Syrian youth to the empire of Rome.
		Whilst a conspiracy of women and eunuchs was concerted with prudence, and conducted with rapid vigor, Macrinus, who, by a decisive motion, might have crushed his infant enemy, floated between the opposite extremes of terror and security, which alike fixed him inactive at Antioch.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/roman/TheDeclineandFallofTheRomanEmpire-1/chap15.html (3212 words)

	Opellius Macrinus (217 - 218 AD) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Macrinus was the first non-senator to become emperor of Rome.
		In 217, he appears to have been the object of a conspiracy, as the commander of the garrison at Rome sent news of a prophecy that Macrinus was destined to become emperor to Caracalla.
		Cassius Dio criticized Macrinus for his failure to dismiss his army as soon as he took the throne, which, Dio believes, created the situation that made the proclamation of Elagabalus possible.
	www.umich.edu /~classics/programs/class/cc/372/sibyl/en/Macrinus.html (438 words)

	Macrinus, Roman Imperial Coins of, at WildWinds.com
		Macrinus & Diadumenian Æ 26mm of Aegeae in Cilicia.
		Macrinus & Diadumenian Æ 35mm of Aegeae, Cilicia.
		Macrinus Æ 26mm of Nikopolis in Moesia Inferior.
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	Macrinus: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Marcus Opellius Macrinus (c.165 AD - 218 (218: more facts about this subject)) was Roman (Roman: An inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire) emperor (emperor: The male ruler of an empire) for 14 months in 217 (217: more facts about this subject) and 218.
		In April, the emperor went to visit a temple of Luna (Luna: (Roman mythology) the goddess of the moon; counterpart of Greek Selene) near the spot of the battle of Carrhae (battle of Carrhae: the battle of carrhae was a decisive battle fought in the year 53 bc near the town of...
		This discontent was fostered by the surviving members of the Severan dynasty (Severan dynasty: the severan dynasty is a lineage of roman emperors, reigning several decades from the...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/macrinus (1422 words)

	Macrinus
		When Macrinus learned that she was attempting (with some success) to undermine his support with the troops, he ordered her to leave Syria; instead, being already at the advanced stages of breast cancer, she chose to make a martyr of herself and starved herself to death.
		Macrinus then further undercut himself with the soldiers with two bold strokes.
		Faced with open rebellion, Macrinus raised his nine year old son Diadumenian to co-emperor status, using the occasion to hand out monetary gifts to the military in hopes of winning them back.
	www.garstang.us /emperors/macrinus.htm (417 words)

	Rome - Vol I, Chapter VI, Part 2
		The report was soon diffused through the province; and when the man was sent in chains to Rome, he still asserted, in the presence of the praefect of the city, the faith of his prophecy.
		A murmur of indignation was heard, that a man, whose obscure 43 extraction had never been illustrated by any signal service, should dare to invest himself with the purple, instead of bestowing it on some distinguished senator, equal in birth and dignity to the splendor of the Imperial station.
		Bassianus, H for that was the name of the son of Soaemias, was consecrated to the honorable ministry of high priest of the Sun; and this holy vocation, embraced either from prudence or superstition, contributed to raise the Syrian youth to the empire of Rome.
	www.cca.org /cm/rome/vol1/ch0602.html (3206 words)

	The Emperor Macrinus 217 -- 218 AD (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is surprising that Macrinus maintained himself as long as he did.
		Other troops joined, and Macrinus, who was still in Antioch, sent his praetorian praefect at the head of loyal troops to put down the revolt.
		Macrinus fled in disguise toward Rome, and got as far as Calcedon in Asia Minor before being discovered.
	www.ancientcreations.com /macrinus.htm (507 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 886 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		opelius (or opilius) macrinus, afterwards M. opelius sever us macrinus, at whose instigation Caracalla was assassinated, when marching to encounter the Parthians, was a native of Caesareia in Mauritania, and was born of very humble parents, in the year a.
		At the commencement of the following year a discontented and mutinous spirit began to be openly displayed in the legions, who found the sovereign of their choice far less indulgent and open-handed than the son of Severus.
		Macrinus advanced to Antioch to crush the impostor, but after an engagement, fought on the 8th of June, A. d.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1994.html (757 words)

	Macrinus
		Macrinus was well respected in the military circles and he eventually gained the position of Praetorian Prefect under Caracalla, which was the highest military position short of Imperator (otherwise equivalent to Emperor).
		As soon as Macrinus heard of this, he understood that Caracalla would kill him at the first chance he got just to remove any validity to the prophesy.
		Macrinus moved to quell the revolt but was defeated and forced to flee.
	www.dirtyoldcoins.com /natto/id/macrinus.htm (1543 words)

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		Macrinus repeated this to Caesar with a shrug of his shoulders, but he withheld the remark added by the venerable elder of the ambassadors, that they did not fear a foe who by so vile a deed had incurred the wrath of the gods.
		Macrinus proceeded to relate that a slaughterer in the court of sacrifice had told him that Melissa had been seen last evening, and was somewhere in the Serapeum.
		After Macrinus had come to fetch him he had had no opportunity of inquiring, for the prefect had not quitted him for a moment, and Euryale was in the town busy with other women in seeking out and nursing such of the wounded as had been found alive among the dead.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/etext04/g102v10.txt (15212 words)

	AllRefer.com - Macrinus (Ancient History, Rome, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Macrinus (Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus)[mukrI´nus] Pronunciation Key, 164–218, Roman emperor (217–18).
		A Moorish officer, prefect of the Praetorian Guard under Caracalla, he was threatened by the emperor's murderous plans.
		Macrinus therefore had the emperor killed and became the first emperor who was not a senator.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Macrinus.html (159 words)

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