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Roman emperor from 217 to 218
Marcus Opellius Macrinus was a Roman emperor who reigned from April 217 to June 218, jointly with his young son Diadumenianus. Born in Caesarea, in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis to an equestrian family of Berber origins, he became the first emperor who did not hail from the senatorial class and also the first emperor who never visited Rome during his reign. Before becoming emperor, Macrinus served under Emperor Caracalla as a praetorian prefect and dealt with Rome's civil affairs. He later conspired against Caracalla and had him murdered in a bid to protect his own life and succeeded Caracalla as emperor. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: MacrinusA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: UNA NUEVA ESPECIE DE GÉNERO Macrinus SIMON, 1887 (ARACHNIDA: ARANEAE: SPARASSIDAE) DEL NORTE DE BRASILInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The decline and fall of the Roman EmpireThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Son of the Emperor MacrinusCited 7 times
- Go sideways: Battle of Antioch (218)A closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Son of the Emperor Macrinus
The Provincial Appointments of the Emperor Macrinus
The Legitimization of Elagabalus and Cassius Dio’s Account of the Reign of Macrinus
REVISION OF THE NEOTROPICAL SPIDER GENUS MACRINUS (ARANEAE, SPARASSIDAE)
H. Mattingly, E. A. Sydenham, and C. H. V. Sutherland, The Roman Imperial Coinage. IV, part ii. Macrinus to Pupienus. London: Spink and Son, Ltd, 1938. Pp. vii + 215, with 13 plates. Sewed 25s., bound 30s.
Notes on the neotropical genus Macrinus (Araneae: Sparassidae)
Macrinus and Diadumenianus. A Dissertation of the University of Michigan
The Syrian Tetradrachms of Caracalla and Macrinus
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📚 Books worth reading
The decline and fall of the Roman EmpireEdward Gibbon · 1800
Family favouritesAlfred Leo Duggan · 1960- 📕The Roman imperial coinageHarold Mattingly · 1923
Dio's Rome : An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimus Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and ... SeverusCassius Dio Cocceianus, Herbert Baldwin Foster · 2018- 📕I grandi bronzi imperialiAlberto Banti · 1900
- 📕Opilius MacrinusJulius Capitolinus · 1968
Macrinus and DiadumenianusHenry Jewell Bassett · 2018
Macrinus and DiadumenianusHenry Jewell Bassett · 1920
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