Caracalla
Americannoun
noun
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Its beaux-arts design was inspired by Rome’s Baths of Caracalla and its myth has only grown since its untimely demise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Finally, in 212 CE, the emperor Caracalla issued an edict that extended citizenship to all free people of the Roman Empire.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Caracalla succeeded Severus as emperor and had a reputation as a tyrant who used fear and bloodshed to rule.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
“Both the subject type and the particularity of the painting are unique in the Roman panorama of the Hadrianic age” when the domus was built, said Mirella Serlorenzi, director of the Caracalla site.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
Likewise, it was disastrous for Caracalla, Commodus, and Maximinus to imitate Severus, since they did not have enough virtue to follow in his footsteps.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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