Matilda Brown

Well, it's wonderful to be back, Tristan. Thank you so much for having us both. And of course, I know you from my uni undergrad days. This really all is coming full circle. I've had the pleasure of having Alex as a colleague now for years, in addition to being taught what I know on the third century by him. So You know, I'd like to push that compliment back.

Well, it's wonderful to be back, Tristan. Thank you so much for having us both. And of course, I know you from my uni undergrad days. This really all is coming full circle. I've had the pleasure of having Alex as a colleague now for years, in addition to being taught what I know on the third century by him. So You know, I'd like to push that compliment back.

Well, it's wonderful to be back, Tristan. Thank you so much for having us both. And of course, I know you from my uni undergrad days. This really all is coming full circle. I've had the pleasure of having Alex as a colleague now for years, in addition to being taught what I know on the third century by him. So You know, I'd like to push that compliment back.

Any excellence I have is purely due to him.

Any excellence I have is purely due to him.

Any excellence I have is purely due to him.

Yeah, hopefully we'll manage to stay cool. We've got this.

Yeah, hopefully we'll manage to stay cool. We've got this.

Yeah, hopefully we'll manage to stay cool. We've got this.

Certainly. I mean, I think that Macrinus is sort of the meeting point of my and Alex's work. Alex is really a Caracolin expert and I have, you know, done my work really beginning with the later Severan Empresses. And so we kind of meet in this middle ground. And for me, at least, this was sort of the last person I would expect to see dramatized on the silver screen.

Certainly. I mean, I think that Macrinus is sort of the meeting point of my and Alex's work. Alex is really a Caracolin expert and I have, you know, done my work really beginning with the later Severan Empresses. And so we kind of meet in this middle ground. And for me, at least, this was sort of the last person I would expect to see dramatized on the silver screen.

Certainly. I mean, I think that Macrinus is sort of the meeting point of my and Alex's work. Alex is really a Caracolin expert and I have, you know, done my work really beginning with the later Severan Empresses. And so we kind of meet in this middle ground. And for me, at least, this was sort of the last person I would expect to see dramatized on the silver screen.

But, you know, there's so much to do with him because we don't really know that much about him except for what we'll tell you today. So.

But, you know, there's so much to do with him because we don't really know that much about him except for what we'll tell you today. So.

But, you know, there's so much to do with him because we don't really know that much about him except for what we'll tell you today. So.

Well, sure. I think that one of the really critical things that we see happen in this period during Caracalla's sole reign is his mom steps in, Julia Domna, who has been Empress of the Roman Empire for the past however many years that Severus reigned, was there at the moment of assassination when the elder son kills the younger. And after Gaeta's death,

Well, sure. I think that one of the really critical things that we see happen in this period during Caracalla's sole reign is his mom steps in, Julia Domna, who has been Empress of the Roman Empire for the past however many years that Severus reigned, was there at the moment of assassination when the elder son kills the younger. And after Gaeta's death,

Well, sure. I think that one of the really critical things that we see happen in this period during Caracalla's sole reign is his mom steps in, Julia Domna, who has been Empress of the Roman Empire for the past however many years that Severus reigned, was there at the moment of assassination when the elder son kills the younger. And after Gaeta's death,

or even before Gaeta's death, she's granted all of these extravagant titles. She's granted more honorary titles than any empress had previously been given. She's named mother of the army camp, of the senate, of the fatherland. She's named Pia Felix. These are titles that have only, those last two had only previously been given to emperors before.

or even before Gaeta's death, she's granted all of these extravagant titles. She's granted more honorary titles than any empress had previously been given. She's named mother of the army camp, of the senate, of the fatherland. She's named Pia Felix. These are titles that have only, those last two had only previously been given to emperors before.