Europe 218: Macrinus vs Elagabalus
8 June 218
8 Jun 218
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Macrinus vs Elagabalus
19 Apr 193 Year of the Five Emperors
31 Mar 194 Second Battle of Issus
19 Feb 197 Battle of Lugdunum
28 Jan 198 Severus’ Parthian Campaign
Dec 202 Severus’ African War
sum 210 Severus’ invasion of Caledonia
Sep 213 Caracalla’s Germanic War
sum 216 Caracalla’s Parthian Campaign
8 Jun 218 Macrinus vs Elagabalus
28 Apr 224 Battle of Hormozdgan
6 Apr 227 Sasanian Empire
fall 232 First Roman–Persian War
In 217 the unstable Caracalla was assassinated at the behest of his successor Macrinus, but Macrinus found it harder to resolve the financial problems Caracalla had created. When, just a year later, Caracalla’s aunt Julia Maesa pushed her grandson, the 14-year-old sun god priest Elagabalus, as his true heir, many troops, angered by Macrinus’ attempts to reduce their pay, sided with the usurper. The rebels swiftly defeated Macrinus near Antioch and Elagabalus became the new emperor.
