Dr. Alex Imrie

It's mainly comprised of his loyal Praetorians and some other local people. formations that he has brought with him to fight this battle and all of the defected forces that are now team Elagabalus are on top of him and a large battle ensues and doesn't the account of the battle shifts and changes between our sources and one telling Macrinus' forces just don't put up a fight.

They're steamrollered by the Elagabalan forces. But, and I think this is where Matilda can offer insights, there is another telling where Macrinus' forces actually put up some kind of stiff resistance and Elagabalus' forces, all of these cheats and defectors, on the verge of breaking and retreating.

They're steamrollered by the Elagabalan forces. But, and I think this is where Matilda can offer insights, there is another telling where Macrinus' forces actually put up some kind of stiff resistance and Elagabalus' forces, all of these cheats and defectors, on the verge of breaking and retreating.

They're steamrollered by the Elagabalan forces. But, and I think this is where Matilda can offer insights, there is another telling where Macrinus' forces actually put up some kind of stiff resistance and Elagabalus' forces, all of these cheats and defectors, on the verge of breaking and retreating.

It seems like both of them, Macrinus and Diogenes, actually survive the conflict itself and they make to flee. They are caught in different locations. It seems that Macrinus is caught in Bithynia, so that modern Turkish coastline. That's quite far.

It seems like both of them, Macrinus and Diogenes, actually survive the conflict itself and they make to flee. They are caught in different locations. It seems that Macrinus is caught in Bithynia, so that modern Turkish coastline. That's quite far.

It seems like both of them, Macrinus and Diogenes, actually survive the conflict itself and they make to flee. They are caught in different locations. It seems that Macrinus is caught in Bithynia, so that modern Turkish coastline. That's quite far.

It seems like he's trying to make for a port to actually get out of Dodge and maybe even go towards Rome. Maybe he's realized at this point that he has to get to the capital in order to raise any kind of significant resistance. And I think it's Herodian's telling, although it might be Dao,

It seems like he's trying to make for a port to actually get out of Dodge and maybe even go towards Rome. Maybe he's realized at this point that he has to get to the capital in order to raise any kind of significant resistance. And I think it's Herodian's telling, although it might be Dao,

It seems like he's trying to make for a port to actually get out of Dodge and maybe even go towards Rome. Maybe he's realized at this point that he has to get to the capital in order to raise any kind of significant resistance. And I think it's Herodian's telling, although it might be Dao,

maybe do actually because it's kind of supernatural he gets in the boat and the boat starts to make progress and then a contrary wind comes and forces that boat back into port and Macrinus is captured thereafter and his captors don't really know what to do with him at first but it seems like on the road back to Antioch

maybe do actually because it's kind of supernatural he gets in the boat and the boat starts to make progress and then a contrary wind comes and forces that boat back into port and Macrinus is captured thereafter and his captors don't really know what to do with him at first but it seems like on the road back to Antioch

maybe do actually because it's kind of supernatural he gets in the boat and the boat starts to make progress and then a contrary wind comes and forces that boat back into port and Macrinus is captured thereafter and his captors don't really know what to do with him at first but it seems like on the road back to Antioch

They make the decision just to assassinate him and he is killed or beheaded en route. Now, he sent his son, I think, at some point in that escape, he's actually sent his son, so the sources tell us, towards the Parthian border.

They make the decision just to assassinate him and he is killed or beheaded en route. Now, he sent his son, I think, at some point in that escape, he's actually sent his son, so the sources tell us, towards the Parthian border.

They make the decision just to assassinate him and he is killed or beheaded en route. Now, he sent his son, I think, at some point in that escape, he's actually sent his son, so the sources tell us, towards the Parthian border.

He sent his son to fall on the good graces of the Parthian king after their negotiated settlement, which suggests that maybe, if there's any truth to it, maybe the settlement was a little bit more substantial than our sources want to accept. But in any event, it's a futile effort. His baggage train or whatever, his cortege is caught and he is murdered in the middle of that escape route as well.

He sent his son to fall on the good graces of the Parthian king after their negotiated settlement, which suggests that maybe, if there's any truth to it, maybe the settlement was a little bit more substantial than our sources want to accept. But in any event, it's a futile effort. His baggage train or whatever, his cortege is caught and he is murdered in the middle of that escape route as well.

He sent his son to fall on the good graces of the Parthian king after their negotiated settlement, which suggests that maybe, if there's any truth to it, maybe the settlement was a little bit more substantial than our sources want to accept. But in any event, it's a futile effort. His baggage train or whatever, his cortege is caught and he is murdered in the middle of that escape route as well.

In terms of his His immediate political legacy, it's almost non-existent, is condemned. He is a road hump, it seems, or a bump in the road, rather, in the otherwise uninterrupted Severan story. His legacy is condemned by the new Severan regime, and that's really pretty much the end of it. As you say, it is so short, he's not really had enough time to lay down any more significant roots or