Opilius Macrinus 2

ed. David Magie

Opilius Macrinus. . ed. David Magie. London. 1924.

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Current edition Perseus

Opilius Macrinus (Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Volume 2. Magie, David, editor. London, New York: William Heinemann, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1924.)

Notes on the current edition

Opilius Macrinus

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2. priuatus cubabat P. 1See Carac, vi. 6—vii. 2.
3. He was procurator rei privatae (see also c. vii. 1). On this office see note to Com., xx. 1.
4. So also Dio; see lxxviii. 11, 1. On the other hand, there seems to be no foundation for the insulting remarks said to have been made about him after his downfall; see c. iv. 1-6.
5. His official name after his accession was M. Opellius
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