 After Macrinus' death, the Senate declared him and his son enemies of Rome and had their names struck from the records and their images destroyed.Macrinus was born in Caesarea Mauretaniae (modern Cherchell, Algeria) in the Roman province of Mauretania to an equestrian family of Berber origins.According to David Potter, his family traced its origins to the Berber tribes of the region and his pierced ear was an indication of his Berber heritage.