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A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Fig. 92. — Caracalla. Antique bust in Rome, Vatican.(From a photograph.). s I. CARACALLA, MACRINUS, ELAGABALUS. 203 stiiined his name by the murder of his brother Geta, of Papinianus,and eountless others, in 212, and by other deeds of blood in Alex-andria in 21Ö. He promoted two fatal evils, the rule of the sol-diers and the disorder of the finances. He was murdered April 8, , between Edessa and Carrhae, at the instigation of his prefectof the guard, the Mauretanian, M. Opellius Macrinus,
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Fig. 92. — Caracalla. Antique bust in Rome, Vatican.(From a photograph.). s I. CARACALLA, MACRINUS, ELAGABALUS. 203 stiiined his name by the murder of his brother Geta, of Papinianus,and eountless others, in 212, and by other deeds of blood in Alex-andria in 21Ö. He promoted two fatal evils, the rule of the sol-diers and the disorder of the finances. He was murdered April 8, , between Edessa and Carrhae, at the instigation of his prefectof the guard, the Mauretanian, M. Opellius Macrinus, who then becameemperor. But the money and intrigues of the family of the empress,JuHa Domna, induced the troops in Syria to rise against Macrinus, andto substitute on the throne. May 16, 218, the high priest of theSyro-Phoenician sun-god Elagabalus, Varius Avitus, a lad of fourteen,
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