| Revision as of 16:29, 28 December 2024 editLuanLoud (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users2,054 edits ←Created page with ''''Julius Martialis''' († 8 April 217) was the assassin of Emperor Caracalla. Three men were involved in the attack: the ''evocatus'' Julius Martialis, who hated the emperor as a result of a demotion, and two praetorian tribunes. During the Roman-Parthian War (216-217), on the road from Edessa to Carrhae, the emperor wanted...'Tag: Disambiguation links added | Latest revision as of 18:15, 28 December 2024 edit undoKlbrain (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, New page reviewers86,774 edits Merged content to Caracalla#Death, redirecting; bold merge as part NPP; WP:1E; merge for short text, context and overlap (easy-merge)Tag: New redirect | ||
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| Three men were involved in the attack: the '']'' Julius Martialis, who hated the emperor as a result of a ], and two ]. During the ], on the road from Edessa to ], the emperor wanted to visit the famous sanctuary of the moon god ] .<ref>see about Caracalla's planned visit to the shrine {{aut|Frank Kolb}}: ''Literarische Beziehungen zwischen Cassius Dio, Herodian und der Historia Augusta'', Bonn 1972, pp. 123ff.</ref> When Caracalla got off his horse on the way to relieve himself , Martialis approached him, seemingly wanting to say something to him. Instead he stabbed him in the back. A Scythian bodyguard of Caracalla killed the fleeing assassin with his lance. The two Praetorian tribunes rushed to the emperor, as if to help him, and completed the assassination.<ref>Dio Cassius 79 (78),5,2-5. See, Herodian and 4.13 ''Historia Augusta'', Caracalla 6.6-7.2. See also {{aut|Michael Louis Meckler}}: ''Caracalla and his late-antique biographer'', Ann Arbor, 1994, pp. 152-156.</ref> With Caracalla the ] died in male line. | |||
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