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Macrinus: Culture & Career

Marcus Opellius Macrinus (/məˈkrɪnəs/; c. 165 – June 218) was a Roman emperor who reigned from April 217 to June 218, jointly with his young son Diadumenianus. Born in Caesarea (now called Cherchell, in modern Algeria), in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis to an equestrian family of Berber origins, he became the first emperor who did not hail…

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Macrinus topic overview

The analysis highlights Culture and Career as prominent areas in the source structure around Macrinus.

Related topics
52
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
57
Extracted relationships
126
Concept neighborhoods
24
Bridge connections
57

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 20 topics
Background and career · 9 topics
Downfall · 9 topics
Reign · 9 topics
In popular culture · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Born
c. 165 Caesarea, Mauretania Caesariensis (now Cherchell, Algeria)
Co-emperor
Diadumenian (218)
Died
June 218 (aged 52–53) Cappadocia (modern-day Turkey)
Issue
Diadumenian
Names
NamesMarcus Opellius MacrinusRegnal nameImperator Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Pius Felix Augustus
Predecessor
Caracalla

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Background and career

Reign

Downfall

In popular culture

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Macrinus connects Entity context

The extracted context around Macrinus shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Macrinus → Antioch, Artabanus IV, At, Battle, Chalcedon, Diadumenianus, Elagabalus, Gannys, He, His, Immae, June, Much, Parthia, Roman Empire, Rome, Soon, This, Ulpius, Ulpius Julianus Another extracted example is Macrinus → Apamea, Augustus, Caracalla, Diadumenianus, El-Gabal, Elagabalus, Emesa, Gallic Third Legion, Julia Maesa, Julia Mamaea, Julia Soaemias, Legio III Gallica, May, On, Phoenician, Raphanea, She, Soldiers, Upon Elagabalus. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Macrinus

Top relations

related to Execution · 21
Macrinus → Antioch, Artabanus IV, At, Battle, Chalcedon, Diadumenianus, Elagabalus, Gannys, He, His, Immae, June, Much, Parthia, Roman Empire, Rome, Soon, This, Ulpius, Ulpius Julianus
related to Downfall · 19
Macrinus → Apamea, Augustus, Caracalla, Diadumenianus, El-Gabal, Elagabalus, Emesa, Gallic Third Legion, Julia Maesa, Julia Mamaea, Julia Soaemias, Legio III Gallica, May, On, Phoenician, Raphanea, She, Soldiers, Upon Elagabalus
related to background · 16
Macrinus → According, Algeria, Berber, Caesarea, Caracalla, Cherchell, David Potter, Emperor Caracalla, Emperor Septimius Severus, He, Mauretania Caesariensis, Over, Praetorian Guard, Roman, Severus, While Macrinus
related to Further reading · 16
Macrinus → CS1, Dio Cassius, Herodian History, Historia Augusta, In Mylonas, Louis, Mattingly, MO, Raymond, Robinson, Roman Empire, Roman History, Seventieth Birthday, St, Studies Presented, The Reign
related to Damnatio memoriae · 12
Macrinus → Diadumenian, Diadumenianus, Elagabalus, Emperor, Emperors, First, Many, Roman, Rome, Senate, The, These
related to Reign · 12
Macrinus → Additionally, As Caracalla, Caracalla, Despite, Macrinus' Mauretanian, Most, Rome, Rome's, Senate, The, Their, This
related to In popular culture · 11
Macrinus → Algeria, Berber, Denzel Washington, Gladiator II, In, North African, Saharan African, The, The Times, This, Washington
related to External links · 10
Macrinus → De Imperatoribus Romanis, Dio CassiusLivius, English, Historia Augusta, LacusCurtius, Latin, Life, Marcus Opellius Macrinus, Michael Meckler, Ohio State University
Born · 1
Macrinus → c. 165 Caesarea, Mauretania Caesariensis (now Cherchell, Algeria)
Co-emperor · 1
Macrinus → Diadumenian (218)

Important terminology

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Important terminology

emperor caracalla rome elagabalus roman reign antioch son senate 218 julia also macrinus' june equestrian armenia diadumenian soldiers left actions

Macrinus relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 126 structured relationships around Macrinus. Examples in this analysis include Macrinus → Born → c. 165 Caesarea, Mauretania Caesariensis (now Cherchell, Algeria) and Macrinus → Co-emperor → Diadumenian (218). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MacrinusBornc. 165 Caesarea, Mauretania Caesariensis (now Cherchell, Algeria)1.00infobox
MacrinusCo-emperorDiadumenian (218)1.00infobox
MacrinusDiedJune 218 (aged 52–53) Cappadocia (modern-day Turkey)1.00infobox
MacrinusIssueDiadumenian1.00infobox
MacrinusNamesNamesMarcus Opellius MacrinusRegnal nameImperator Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Pius Felix Augustus1.00infobox
MacrinusPredecessorCaracalla1.00infobox
MacrinusReign11 April 217 – 8 June 2181.00infobox
MacrinusSpouseNonia Celsa1.00infobox
MacrinusSuccessorElagabalus1.00infobox
Macrinusrelated to backgroundCaesarea0.60section
Macrinusrelated to backgroundCherchell0.60section
Macrinusrelated to backgroundAlgeria0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Macrinus bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Rome, Antioch and Reign. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Macrinus
    • Rome
    • Antioch
    • Reign
    • Left
    • Peace
    • Senate
    • Fiscal
    • Caracalla's
    • Military
    • Elagabalus
    • Roman
    • Proclaimed
  • macrinus
    • Rome
    • Antioch
    • Reign
    • Left
    • Peace
    • Senate
    • Fiscal
    • Caracalla's
    • Military
    • Elagabalus
    • Roman
    • Proclaimed
  • roman emperor
    • Macrinus
    • Rome
    • Proclaimed
    • Senate
    • Algeria
    • Elagabalus
    • Berber
    • Reign
    • Empire
    • Equestrian
    • Fiscal
    • April
  • roman province
    • Algeria
    • Elagabalus
    • Berber
    • Empire
    • Equestrian
    • Fiscal
    • Antioch
    • Reign
    • Macrinus
    • Diadumenian
    • Proclaimed
    • First
  • roman currency
    • Algeria
    • Elagabalus
    • Berber
    • Empire
    • Equestrian
    • Fiscal
    • Antioch
    • Reign
    • Macrinus
    • Diadumenian
    • Proclaimed
    • First
  • caracalla
    • Later
    • Macrinus
    • Armenia
    • Left
    • Military
    • Reign
    • Emperor
    • Elagabalus
    • Damnatio
    • Diadumenian
    • Memoriae
    • Empire
  • elagabalus
    • Emesa
    • Julia
    • Soldiers
    • Diadumenian
    • Proclaimed
    • Roman
    • Emperor
    • Son
    • Antioch
    • Macrinus
    • Damnatio
    • Memoriae
  • reign
    • Rome
    • Caracalla's
    • Macrinus
    • Roman
    • Caracalla
    • Damnatio
    • Diadumenian
    • Memoriae
    • Proclaimed
    • Empire
    • Fiscal
    • Macrinus'

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Macrinus, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Macrinus with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Macrinus — Overview · splits 37 ⟂ 21
Macrinus — Background and career · splits 48 ⟂ 10
Macrinus — Reign · splits 48 ⟂ 10
Macrinus — Downfall · splits 48 ⟂ 10
Macrinus — In popular culture · splits 52 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Macrinus

Nodes58
Edges57
Triples126
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Macrinus to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Culture & Career, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Macrinus · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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