Macrinus, Marcus Opellius

Japanese: マクリヌス（英語表記）Macrinus， Marcus Opellius

[Birth] 164 years old. Mauretania
[Died] June 218. Bithynian Roman Emperor (reigned 217-218). He was promoted from a lawyer to a military officer and became the Prefect of the Praetorian Guard under Emperor Caracalla. During the war with Parthia, he incited his officers to assassinate the emperor, and three days later, he became the first emperor in history to be crowned without first having been a senator, and made peace with Parthia. He was abandoned by his subordinates and defeated and killed by the rise of Elagapalus.

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Japanese:

[生]164頃.マウレタニア
[没]218.6. ビチュニア
ローマ皇帝 (在位 217～218) 。法律家から軍人に取立てられカラカラ帝のとき近衛長官となった。パルティアとの戦争中，将校をそそのかして帝を殺させ，3日後史上初めて元老院議員身分を経ないで帝位に推戴され，パルティアと和を結んだ。エラガパルスの台頭で部下に見捨てられ敗死。

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