Matilda Brown

The one thing that I guess I would add is just my quick review of the sources this morning. Macrinus is really pushed as the legal nerd Praetorian prefect, along with his co-prefect, who is sort of the military commander. So even under Caracalla,

The one thing that I guess I would add is just my quick review of the sources this morning. Macrinus is really pushed as the legal nerd Praetorian prefect, along with his co-prefect, who is sort of the military commander. So even under Caracalla,

he's viewed as this kind of pencil pusher, dorky lawyer, which stands very much in stark contrast from the Macrinus figure that I've seen in these Gladiator trailers. And I just can't get enough of it. It's been cracking me up. But yeah, I mean, that legal history, that's really what we know of him.

he's viewed as this kind of pencil pusher, dorky lawyer, which stands very much in stark contrast from the Macrinus figure that I've seen in these Gladiator trailers. And I just can't get enough of it. It's been cracking me up. But yeah, I mean, that legal history, that's really what we know of him.

he's viewed as this kind of pencil pusher, dorky lawyer, which stands very much in stark contrast from the Macrinus figure that I've seen in these Gladiator trailers. And I just can't get enough of it. It's been cracking me up. But yeah, I mean, that legal history, that's really what we know of him.

And I think the thing that has been interesting to me thinking about sort of the interaction with women is whether this bureaucratic role that he's always had

And I think the thing that has been interesting to me thinking about sort of the interaction with women is whether this bureaucratic role that he's always had

And I think the thing that has been interesting to me thinking about sort of the interaction with women is whether this bureaucratic role that he's always had

puts him in any contact with the imperial women earlier in the reign and there's no way that we can tell but it would make sense if they sort of ended up working on some of the same objects maybe they certainly would have known one another but they're helping with the bureaucracy and all of that so funny like the legal nerd of the two and of course you've highlighted there's you know there are two praetorian prefects aren't there which is a nice interesting other factor to highlight

puts him in any contact with the imperial women earlier in the reign and there's no way that we can tell but it would make sense if they sort of ended up working on some of the same objects maybe they certainly would have known one another but they're helping with the bureaucracy and all of that so funny like the legal nerd of the two and of course you've highlighted there's you know there are two praetorian prefects aren't there which is a nice interesting other factor to highlight

puts him in any contact with the imperial women earlier in the reign and there's no way that we can tell but it would make sense if they sort of ended up working on some of the same objects maybe they certainly would have known one another but they're helping with the bureaucracy and all of that so funny like the legal nerd of the two and of course you've highlighted there's you know there are two praetorian prefects aren't there which is a nice interesting other factor to highlight

I would say about that much. My favourite, I can't remember which source it's in specifically, but we get this very detailed narrative of Caracalla's ultimate demise. There's a lot that kind of begins to boil under the surface. We get in Dio, we get a letter from Rome is sent to Julia Domna reporting a prophecy that Macrinus and his son, Diadumenianus, will take the purple.

I would say about that much. My favourite, I can't remember which source it's in specifically, but we get this very detailed narrative of Caracalla's ultimate demise. There's a lot that kind of begins to boil under the surface. We get in Dio, we get a letter from Rome is sent to Julia Domna reporting a prophecy that Macrinus and his son, Diadumenianus, will take the purple.

I would say about that much. My favourite, I can't remember which source it's in specifically, but we get this very detailed narrative of Caracalla's ultimate demise. There's a lot that kind of begins to boil under the surface. We get in Dio, we get a letter from Rome is sent to Julia Domna reporting a prophecy that Macrinus and his son, Diadumenianus, will take the purple.

And another letter simultaneously sent by Julianus from Rome to Macrinus. So we have these two letters speeding across the empire. And Domna, who was sorting the mail like a good mother administrator in Antioch, opens this letter and goes, my God, my son is going to get assassinated and she is too late. Caracalla meets his fate. He's traveling and I believe this is in the dio.

And another letter simultaneously sent by Julianus from Rome to Macrinus. So we have these two letters speeding across the empire. And Domna, who was sorting the mail like a good mother administrator in Antioch, opens this letter and goes, my God, my son is going to get assassinated and she is too late. Caracalla meets his fate. He's traveling and I believe this is in the dio.

And another letter simultaneously sent by Julianus from Rome to Macrinus. So we have these two letters speeding across the empire. And Domna, who was sorting the mail like a good mother administrator in Antioch, opens this letter and goes, my God, my son is going to get assassinated and she is too late. Caracalla meets his fate. He's traveling and I believe this is in the dio.

Alex, you'll have to correct me here. He stops and says, I need to relieve myself and then gets stabbed in the back, which is a hell of a way to go.

Alex, you'll have to correct me here. He stops and says, I need to relieve myself and then gets stabbed in the back, which is a hell of a way to go.

Alex, you'll have to correct me here. He stops and says, I need to relieve myself and then gets stabbed in the back, which is a hell of a way to go.