whoseoccupationshadbeenconfinedtofemalecaresandthesoftluxuryofAsia，displayedthetalentsofanableandexperiencedgeneral。Thebattlestillragedwithdoubtfulviolence，andMacrinusmighthaveobtainedthevictory，hadhenotbetrayedhisowncausebyashamefulandprecipitateflight。Hiscowardiceservedonlytoprotracthislifeafewdays，andtostampdeservedignominyonhismisfortunes。Itisscarcelynecessarytoadd，thathissonDiadumenianuswasinvolvedinthesamefate。
AssoonasthestubbornPraetorianscouldbeconvincedthattheyfoughtforaprincewhohadbaselydesertedthem，theysurrenderedtotheconqueror:thecontendingpartiesoftheRomanarmy，minglingtearsofjoyandtenderness，unitedunderthebannersoftheimaginedsonofCaracalla，andtheEastacknowledgedwithpleasurethefirstemperorofAsiaticextraction。
[Footnote48:ByamostdangerousproclamationofthepretendedAntoninus，everysoldierwhobroughtinhisofficer\'sheadbecameentitledtohisprivateestate，aswellastohismilitarycommission。]
[Footnote49:Dion，l。lxxviii。p。1345。Herodian，l。v。p。186。
ThebattlewasfoughtnearthevillageofImmae，abouttwo—and—twentymilesfromAntioch。]