Diadumenian

Reece Period attributed: Period 10

Member of the The Severans dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 217 until 218.

Marcus Opellius Diadumenianus was born in 208. When his father Macrinus was saluted as Augustus in 217, Diadumenian was given the title Caesar. In May of 218, the boy was also given the title Augustus—which was never confirmed by the Senate, but appears on some coins. The supporters of Elagabalus overwhelmed Macrinus and Diadumenianus fled to Parthia, but was intercepted and killed.

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• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadumenian
• VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/89203309

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Information from Wikipedia

• Preferred label: Diadumenian
• Full names:
  • Diadumenian
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• Predecessor: Macrinus
• Successor: Elagabalus
• Definition: Diadumenian (/daɪˈædʊˌmiːniən/; Latin: Marcus Opellius Antoninus Diadumenianus; 14 September 208 – June 218) was the son of and co-ruler with Roman Emperor Macrinus. His mother was Nonia Celsa, whose name may be fictitious. Diadumenian became caesar in May 217. Elagabalus revolted on 16 May 218, and Diadumenian was elevated to co-emperor. After Macrinus was defeated in the Battle of Antioch on 8 June 218, Diadumenian was sent to the court of Artabanus IV to ensure his safety; however, he was captured and executed along the way. After his death and that of his father, the Senate declared both of them enemies of Rome and had their names struck from the records and their images destroyed; the phrase for such a drastic social/historical erasure came to be damnatio memoriae: damnation (of the) memory (of someone).
• Parents:
  • Father: Macrinus
  • Mother: Nonia Celsa
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• Death place: Zeugma, Commagene
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  • Year of birth unknown
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  • 3rd-century Berber people
  • Opellii
  • Executed Roman emperors
  • 218 deaths
  • 3rd-century Roman emperors
  • 3rd-century murdered monarchs
  • Roman pharaohs
  • 208 births
  • 3rd-century executions
  • Rulers who died as children
  • People executed by the Roman Empire