Talk:Battle of Antioch (218)

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Wrong Reference[edit]

The link has nothing to do with this event. It belongs to the first crusade.213.71.6.130 (talk) 06:10, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Update[edit]

did a major overhaul of the entire article, added all the information related to the event that I found. If you make any major changes, or revert the edit, please keep me notified. Provide reasoning if you can, so that I'm not wondering; what happened? Mr rnddude (talk) 10:27, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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For the review, check the link below. Since my changes are only registered on the other talk page. Thanks Mr rnddude (talk) 02:55, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

from 'The Historia Augusta'?[edit]

" One such dispatch detailed a prophecy, perhaps fabricated, from the oracle at Delphi suggesting that Macrinus was destined to kill Caracalla and succeed him as emperor " - Potter and Gibbon are almost certainly referring to a ficticious account from the 'H.A.' - and this should be noted along with a statement that it is almost completely unreliable. 50.111.18.219 (talk) 08:10, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Cassius Dio makes mention of a prophecy from a seer in Africa: Antoninus made preparations in his turn; but it did not fall to his lot to carry on the war, for he was murdered in the midst of his soldiers, whom he most honoured and in whom he reposed vast confidence. It seems that a seer in Africa had declared, in such a manner that it became noised abroad, that be Macrinus, the prefect, and his son, Diadumenianus, were destined to hold the imperial power; and later this seer, upon being sent to Rome, had revealed this prophecy to Flavius Maternianus, who at the time commanded the soldiers in the city, and this man had at once written a letter to Antoninus. It's possible that the HA has amended this to reference the oracle at Delphi. I'm not sure what Herodian of Antioch says about the matter and don't have his work at hand. Mr rnddude (talk) 08:38, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]