Caracalla
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Bassianus
Caracalla (4 April 188 – 8 April 217), formally Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus was Roman emperor from AD 198 to 217. A member of the Severan Dynasty, he was the eldest son of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. Caracalla reigned jointly with his father from 198 until Severus' death in 211. He then ruled jointly with his younger brother Geta, with whom he had a fraught relationship, until he had Geta murdered later that year. His reign was marked by domestic instability and external invasions from the Germanic people.
Caracalla is presented in ancient sources as a tyrant and cruel leader, an image that has survived into modernity. His reign was notable for the Antonine Constitution (Latin: Constitutio Antoniniana), also known as the Edict of Caracalla, which granted Roman citizenship to nearly all freemen throughout the Roman Empire. The edict gave all the enfranchised men Caracalla's adopted praenomen and nomen: "Marcus Aurelius". Domestically, Caracalla was known for the con…more
Caracalla is presented in ancient sources as a tyrant and cruel leader, an image that has survived into modernity. His reign was notable for the Antonine Constitution (Latin: Constitutio Antoniniana), also known as the Edict of Caracalla, which granted Roman citizenship to nearly all freemen throughout the Roman Empire. The edict gave all the enfranchised men Caracalla's adopted praenomen and nomen: "Marcus Aurelius". Domestically, Caracalla was known for the con…more
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