See also:

• CARACALLA (or CARACALLUS), MARCUS A U R E L I U S ANTONINUS (186-217)

CARACALLA (or CARACALLUS), See also:

• MARCUS

MARCUS A U R E L I U S See also:

• ANTONINUS, SAINT ANTONIO PIEROZZI

ANTONINUS (186-217)  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, eldest son of the emperor Septimius See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Lugdunum (See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons) on the 4th of See also:

• APRIL

April 186 . His See also:

• ORIGINAL

original name was See also:

• BASSIANUS, JOANNES

Bassianus; his See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname See also:

• CARACALLA (or CARACALLUS), MARCUS A U R E L I U S ANTONINUS (186-217)

Caracalla was derived from the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long Gallic See also:

• TUNIC (0. Eng. tunice, tunical, taken, before the Norman con-quest, directly from Lat. tunica, of which the origin is unknown)

tunic which he wore and introduced into the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . He further received the imperial See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• MARCUS

Marcus Aurelius See also:

• ANTONINUS, SAINT ANTONIO PIEROZZI

Antoninus at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time when his See also:

• FATHER

father declared himself the adopted son of M . Aurelius . Af ter the See also:

• DEATH

death of Severus (211) at Eboracum (See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York) in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, Caracalla and his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• GETA, PUBLIUS SEPTIMIUS (189-212)

Geta, who had accompanied their father, returned to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome as colleagues in the supreme See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . In See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to secure the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole authority, Caracalla barbarously murdered his brother in his See also:

• MOTHER

mother's arms, and at the same time put to death some 20,000 persons, who were suspected of favouring him, amongst them the jurist Papinianus . An important See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of his reign (212) was the bestowal of the rights of Roman citizenship upon all See also:

• FREE

free inhabitants of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, although the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• OBJECT

object of Caracalla was doubtless to increase the amount of See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue derived from the tax on inheritances or legacies to which only Roman citizens were liable . His own extravagances and the demands of the soldiery were a perpetual drain upon his resources, to meet which he resorted to taxes and See also:

• EXTORTION (Lat. extorsio, from extorquere, to twist out, to take away by force)

extortion of every description . He spent the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his reign wandering from See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to place, a mode of See also:

• LIFE

life to which he was said to have been driven by the pangs of remorse . Handing over the reins of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government to his mother, he set out in 213 for See also:

• RAETIA (so always in inscriptions; in classical MSS. usually RHAETIA)

Raetia, where he carried on See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war against the See also:

• ALAMANNI, or ALEMANNI, LUIGI (1495-1556)
• ALAMANNI, or ALLEMANNI

Alamanni; in 214 he attacked the Goths in See also:

• DACIA

Dacia, whence he proceeded by way of See also:

• THRACE

Thrace to See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, and in 215 crossed to See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria . Here he took vengeance for the See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter sarcasms of the inhabitants against himself and his mother by ordering a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre of the youths capable of bearing arms . In 216 he ravaged See also:

• MESOPOTAMIA (Mevoaora)

Mesopotamia because See also:

• ARTA (Narda, i.e. iv "Ap&a, or Zarta, i,e. eis "Apra)
• ARTA, GULF OF (anc. Sinus Ambracius)

Arta-banns, the See also:

• PARTHIAN

Parthian See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, refused to give him his daughter in See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage .

He spent the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter at See also:

• EDESSA
• EDESSA (mod. , Vodena)

Edessa, and in 217, when he recommenced his See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, he was murdered between Edessa and Carrhae on the 8th of April at the instigation of Opellius (Opilius) Macrinus, See also:

• PRAEFECT (praefectus)

praefect of the praetorian guard, who succeeded him . Amongst the numerous buildings with which Caracalla adorned the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, the most famous are the thermae, and the triumphal See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch of Septimius Severus in the See also:

• FORUM (Lat. from foris, " out of doors ")

forum .