Caracalla
Caracalla,nickname (from his Celtic dress) of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (AD 188–217), emperor AD 198–217. Elder son of Septimius Severus, originally called Septimius Bassianus; renamed after Marcus Aurelius and made Caesar in 195. Augustus in 198, he was consul for the first time with his father in 202 and for the second time with his brother Publius Septimius Geta in 205, when he had his hated father-in-law Gaius Fulvius Plautianus killed. Consul for the third time in 208, again with Geta, whom he also hated, he accompanied his father to Britain, sharing command against the Caledonians. When Severus died, he and Geta abandoned Scotland, making the wall of Hadrian the frontier again, and returned to Rome. After having Geta killed (26 December 211), a drastic purge followed. To conciliate the soldiers, he raised their pay, creating...
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