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en-wikipedia-org-2525		Macrinus - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	4809	751	72	For two or three days, Rome remained without an emperor.[6][9][10] By 11 April, Macrinus had proclaimed himself emperor and assumed all of the imperial titles and powers, without waiting for the Senate.[6] The army backed his claim as emperor and the Senate, so far away, was powerless to intervene.[11] Macrinus never returned to Rome as emperor and remained based in Antioch for the duration of his reign.[12] Macrinus was the first emperor to hail from the equestrian class, rather than the senatorial and also the first emperor of Mauretanian descent.[13] He adopted the name of Severus, in honor of the Severan dynasty, and conferred the imperial title of Augusta to his wife Nonia Celsa[note 1] and the title of Caesar and name of Antoninus to his son Diadumenianus in honor of the Antonine dynasty, thus making him second in command.[13][15][16][17][18] At the time of Diadumenian's accession he was eight years old.[19] The History of the Roman Emperors From Augustus to Constantine, Volume 8. The History of the Roman Emperors From Augustus to Constantine, Volume 8. The History of the Roman Emperors From Augustus to Constantine, Volume 8.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2525.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2525.txt