Caracalla
Proper noun
Meaning
Caracalla
A Roman emperor who ruled from 211 to 217 C.E..
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
For all three of us, the Caracalla concert was a major event in our lives. I hope I am not immodest to think it was also unforgettable for most of the people who were present.
The newspaper has debauched the American until he is a slavish, simpering, and angerless citizen it has taught him to be a lump mass-man toward fraud, simony, murder, and lunacies more vile than those of Commodus or Caracalla.
After Caracalla concluded his campaign against the Alamanni it became evident that he was inordinately preoccupied with the Greek-Macedonian general and conqueror, Alexander the Great.
Alongside this, these contemporary sources present Caracalla as a 'soldier-emperor' for his preference of the soldiery over the senators, a depiction which would have made him even less popular with the senatorial biographers.
After stopping briefly to urinate, Caracalla was approached by a soldier, Justin Martialis, and stabbed to death.
After Severus (whose reign was well regarded), his son Caracalla (r.211-217) became Emperor; Caracalla's edict of 212 granted citizenship to all free inhabitants of the Empire.