#OnThisDay - 8 June - in AD 218 Elagabalus' forces defeated the incumbent emperor Macrinus at the Battle of Antioch (Dio 79.38-39). The latter fled, in an unsuccessful bid to reach Rome. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC IV Macrinus 79; ANS 1967.153.174. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
