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The head of Macrinus is cut off and sent to Elagabalus.

 
Victim (Person) :
  • Macrinus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: mutilation
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Elagabalus Varius Avitus Bassianus Origin: Roman, Age: youth, Activity: monarch/ruler
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    Level :intrasocial
    interpersonal
    Source :Historia Augusta: Opellius Macrinus 10.3 Paste CTS-Link
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 3
    Year :A.D. 218
     
    Context :battle
    regicide
    Motivation :political
    Application :decapitating
    Long-Term Consequence :coronation/inauguration
     
    Original Text :fugiens sane Macrinus cum paucis et filio in vico quodam Bithyniae occisus est cum Diadumeno, ablatumque eius caput est et ad Antoninum perlatum.
     
    Translation :He did, indeed, escape from the battle together with his son and a few others, but he and Diadumenianus were afterwards slain in a certain village of Bithynia, and his head was cut off and carried to Antoninus.
     
    Edition :Historia Augusta, Volume II: Caracalla. Geta. Opellius Macrinus. Diadumenianus. Elagabalus. Severus Alexander. The Two Maximini. The Three Gordians. Maximus and Balbinus. Translated by David Magie. Loeb Classical Library 140. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1924
     
     
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    Created at :2021-04-18 : 12:36:13
    Last changed :2021-04-22 : 01:41:05
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00009150
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