Dr. Alex Imrie

Thank you for having us. Fantastic to be here and to share a space with Matilda, who probably dating myself, I knew first when she was one of my students and now she has become an extraordinary scholar of the third century.

Thank you for having us. Fantastic to be here and to share a space with Matilda, who probably dating myself, I knew first when she was one of my students and now she has become an extraordinary scholar of the third century.

Thank you for having us. Fantastic to be here and to share a space with Matilda, who probably dating myself, I knew first when she was one of my students and now she has become an extraordinary scholar of the third century.

I'll just look for them until they're frowning at me over my answers. And hope to goodness that I keep myself right.

I'll just look for them until they're frowning at me over my answers. And hope to goodness that I keep myself right.

I'll just look for them until they're frowning at me over my answers. And hope to goodness that I keep myself right.

Yeah, that's a really good point. There is in some ways a bit of a blank slate that's just ripe for Hollywood to put in something where the evidence drops off for us. I mean, yeah, like you Tristan and Matilda, when I looked at Macrinus, when I've read about Macrinus, I would not immediately assume that he was going to be the subject of a Hollywood epic.

Yeah, that's a really good point. There is in some ways a bit of a blank slate that's just ripe for Hollywood to put in something where the evidence drops off for us. I mean, yeah, like you Tristan and Matilda, when I looked at Macrinus, when I've read about Macrinus, I would not immediately assume that he was going to be the subject of a Hollywood epic.

Yeah, that's a really good point. There is in some ways a bit of a blank slate that's just ripe for Hollywood to put in something where the evidence drops off for us. I mean, yeah, like you Tristan and Matilda, when I looked at Macrinus, when I've read about Macrinus, I would not immediately assume that he was going to be the subject of a Hollywood epic.

Certainly not cast by somebody as titanic as Denzel Washington, I should get right off the bat. I am already starstruck and yet struggling to kind of square away what I've read about Macrinus, short-lived that he is, with this major Hollywood star who's going to make him into this character I think that people will come away Well, maybe.

Certainly not cast by somebody as titanic as Denzel Washington, I should get right off the bat. I am already starstruck and yet struggling to kind of square away what I've read about Macrinus, short-lived that he is, with this major Hollywood star who's going to make him into this character I think that people will come away Well, maybe.

Certainly not cast by somebody as titanic as Denzel Washington, I should get right off the bat. I am already starstruck and yet struggling to kind of square away what I've read about Macrinus, short-lived that he is, with this major Hollywood star who's going to make him into this character I think that people will come away Well, maybe.

I think just from the trailer, I already am intrigued and kind of already predisposed to admire what he's doing with this character. So it will be interesting.

I think just from the trailer, I already am intrigued and kind of already predisposed to admire what he's doing with this character. So it will be interesting.

I think just from the trailer, I already am intrigued and kind of already predisposed to admire what he's doing with this character. So it will be interesting.

Okay, so, well, shall we start with Geta laying on the floor in the Imperial Palace, absolutely brutalized by his older brother or by a bunch of centurions that he ordered. After that, Caracalla runs to the guard and the army and tries to secure his regime with those constituencies very quickly, which he does relatively successfully.

Okay, so, well, shall we start with Geta laying on the floor in the Imperial Palace, absolutely brutalized by his older brother or by a bunch of centurions that he ordered. After that, Caracalla runs to the guard and the army and tries to secure his regime with those constituencies very quickly, which he does relatively successfully.

Okay, so, well, shall we start with Geta laying on the floor in the Imperial Palace, absolutely brutalized by his older brother or by a bunch of centurions that he ordered. After that, Caracalla runs to the guard and the army and tries to secure his regime with those constituencies very quickly, which he does relatively successfully.

Now, interestingly, the Historia Augusta gives us a little bit of a hint that there might have been some discord for Caracalla in as much as they have the second Legion Parthica that's based at Albanum. Close the doors on him because they swore allegiance to both brothers. And what is this he's coming to them with about? Sorry, where Albanum did you say? Yes. Where's that?

Now, interestingly, the Historia Augusta gives us a little bit of a hint that there might have been some discord for Caracalla in as much as they have the second Legion Parthica that's based at Albanum. Close the doors on him because they swore allegiance to both brothers. And what is this he's coming to them with about? Sorry, where Albanum did you say? Yes. Where's that?