Caracalla
Roman emperor from 198 to 217
- Fame68.4
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Lived 188–217, aged 29
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Updated 2026-06-08
Roman emperor who murdered his co-ruling brother in front of their mother, then granted citizenship to millions across the empire — possibly to widen the tax base. Ancient writers called him a soldier playing emperor; modern ones still paint him as one of Rome's cruelest.
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Born Lucius Septimius Bassianus on 4 April 188, he became nominal co-emperor at ten when his father Septimius Severus named him joint ruler in 198, later doing the same for his younger brother Geta in 209. After Severus died in 211, the brothers shared power briefly before Caracalla had Geta killed by the Praetorian Guard and took sole control, leaving their mother Julia Domna to handle much of the administration he found boring. His reign brought domestic instability and Germanic incursions, but also the Antonine Constitution — which extended Roman citizenship to all free people in the empire…
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