3/2/2023 0 Comments Caracalla denarius![]() Severus recognized the danger of the rivalry and organized a military campaign in northern Britain in order to reinvigorate a growing idleness in the legions, and also to occupy his sons in an endeavor of higher responsibility. And at last they were pitted against each other in some kind of contest with teams of ponies and drove with such fierce rivalry that Antoninus fell out of his two-wheeled chariot and broke his leg." " They outraged women and abused boys, they embezzled money, and made gladiators and charioteers their boon companions, emulating each other in the similarity of their deeds, but full of strife in their rivalries for if the one attached himself to a certain faction, the other would be sure to choose the opposite side. He was accused of treason and executed in January, 205 while Plautilla (and her brother) were sent into exile.Īfter the death of Plautianus, both Caracalla and Geta began to aggressively assert their own authority and individual identities. As a result, Plautianus may have sensed his own impending fall and plotted the overthrow of Severus, or was perhaps simply a victim of the political machinations of the Severan family. In 202, Caracalla was married to Publia Fulvia Plautilla, the daughter of Praetorian Prefect Gaius Fulvius Plautianus, though the marriage proved to be politically disastrous.Ĭaracalla despised his wife, while he, his brother Geta and mother Julia Domna, distrusted the growing power and influence of Plautianus. Cementing the dynastic intentions, the ten year old Caracalla was named co-Augustus the following year and younger son Geta (by only 11 months) was named Caesar. ![]() Civil war was renewed, but Severus proved superior to his rival and defeated him at the battle of Lugdunum (Lyons, France) in February AD 197. The appointment of Caracalla as Caesar to his father negated a previous deal with the Roman governor of Britannia, Clodius Albinus. While it distinguishes his identity in a historical context, much like the name Caligula as a substitute for the third princeps Gaius, it should be considered little more than a nickname as it was not used in any official capacity. The name "Caracalla" emerged from the style of cloak that he wore and later made popular throughout the empire. 193), Bassianus was declared Caesar (heir) and renamed Marcus Aurelius Antoninus in order to establish the Severan reign as legitimate heirs to the popular and adoptive Antonine dynasty. When his father won the civil war following the assassination of Commodus (c. He was born in April AD 188, in the city of Lugdunum (Lyon, France) while his father (Severus) was governor of Gaul during the reign of Commodus. ![]() His cognomen Bassianus stems from his maternal grandfather, Gaius Julius Bassianus who was a priest of Heliogabalus, the patron god of Emesa, Syria. Lucius Septimius Bassianus, later to be known as Emperor Caracalla, was the elder of two sons of the emperor Septimius Severus. ![]()
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