Caracalla
Americannoun
noun
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As he lay dying, Severus gave his sons Caracalla and Geta three pieces of advice: Get along; pay the soldiers well; ignore everyone else.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Finally, in 212 CE, the emperor Caracalla issued an edict that extended citizenship to all free people of the Roman Empire.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Caracalla succeeded Severus as emperor and had a reputation as a tyrant who used fear and bloodshed to rule.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
“Both the subject type and the particularity of the painting are unique in the Roman panorama of the Hadrianic age” when the domus was built, said Mirella Serlorenzi, director of the Caracalla site.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2022
Considering now, in contrast, the characteristics of Commodus, Severus, Antoninus Caracalla, and Maximinus, you will find them extremely cruel and extremely rapacious.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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