. (Ptol. iii. 4, 12). Car (Kdp), son of Phoroneus, and king ofMegara, from whom the acropolis of this townwas called Caria. Caracalla, emperor of Borne, 211-217,was son of Septimius Severus and his 2nd wifeJulia Domna, and was born at Lyons, 188(Herodian, iv. 1; Dio Cass, lxxvii. 2). He wasoriginally called Bassianus after his maternalgrandfather, but afterwards M. Aurelius Anto-ninus, which became his legal name, and ap-pears on medals and inscriptions. Caracallawas a nickname derived from a long tunic wornby the Gauls, wh
. (Ptol. iii. 4, 12). Car (Kdp), son of Phoroneus, and king ofMegara, from whom the acropolis of this townwas called Caria. Caracalla, emperor of Borne, 211-217,was son of Septimius Severus and his 2nd wifeJulia Domna, and was born at Lyons, 188(Herodian, iv. 1; Dio Cass, lxxvii. 2). He wasoriginally called Bassianus after his maternalgrandfather, but afterwards M. Aurelius Anto-ninus, which became his legal name, and ap-pears on medals and inscriptions. Caracallawas a nickname derived from a long tunic wornby the Gauls, which he adopted as his favouritedress after he became emperor (Dio Cass,lxxviii. 3). In 198 Caracalla, when 10 yearsold, was declared Augustus, and in the sameyear accompanied his father, Severus, in theexpedition against the Parthians. He returnedwith Severus to Borne in 202, and marriedPlautilla, daughter of Plautianus, the praeto-rian praefect. In 208 he went with Severus toBritain; and on the death of the latter atYork, 211, Caracalla and his brother Geta. Caracalla, Roman Emperor, , head of Caracalla laurelled with legend ANTO-NINVS P1VS AVG. BRIT. : rev., figure of Mars withlegend MARTI PROPUGNATORI. succeeded to the throne, according to theirfathers arrangements. Caracalla obtainedthe sole government by the murder of hisbrother, 212 (Dio Cass, lxxvii. 2; Herodian, ; Vita Carac. 6). The assassination of Getawas followed by the execution of many of themost distinguished men of the state, whomCaracalla suspected of favouring his brotherscause: the celebrated jurist Papinian was oneof his victims. His cruelties and extravagan-cies knew no bounds; and after exhaustingItaly by his extortions, he resolved to visit thedifferent provinces of the empire, which becamethe scenes of fresh atrocities. In 214 he visitedGaul, Germany, Dacia, and Thrace; and, inconsequence of a campaign against the Ale-manni, he assumed the surname 215 he went to Syria
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