Whether or Not Macrinus Was Aiming to Be Emperor

The appointment of a civilian to what was essentially a military post was not uncommon at all. The most commonly told version is that in april of two 17 caraca's entrage was on its way to a temple near the eastern frontier, and specifically, very near the site of the disastrous battle of cary. Macrinus had already convinced a disgruntled soldier, most likely disgruntled at being passed over for promotion, to be his assassin. We don't know exactly how the murder exactly happened, despite the rich detail we find in the history describing it,. Because those reports conflict with each other and were most likely third hand accounts of third hand accounts.