Ruler · 165 – 218

Macrinus

Lived 165 – 218; politician. Roman emperor of Ancient Rome, 217 – 218; also in the line of Roman Empire.

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Lived: 165 – 218; 53 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: executed; Wikidata's manner of death

Roman emperor

Ancient Rome · the 784th of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480

780 before

Septimius Severus193 – 211

Macrinus217 – 218

Severus Alexander222 – 235

58 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 217 – 218 · 1 year · came to it aged 53

Left it: executedWikidata's manner of death: capital punishment; homicide

Macrinus was overthrown at the Battle of Antioch on 8 June 218 and Elagabalus proclaimed himself emperor with support from the rebelling Roman legions.

Also in the line of Roman Empire (24th of 79).

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