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  • Emperor of Rome (211–217). He is known for arranging the murder of his brother, Geta, and for extending Roman citizenship to all free inhabitants of the empire. He was assassinated during a campaign against Parthia.

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  • proper noun A Roman emperor that ruled from 211 to 217 AD

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Examples

  • You will wonder, perhaps -- for it is Bassianus Antoninus, whom they call Caracalla and

    A Thorny Path — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

  • You will wonder, perhaps -- for it is Bassianus Antoninus, whom they call Caracalla and

    A Thorny Path — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867

  • You will wonder, perhaps -- for it is Bassianus Antoninus, whom they call Caracalla and

    A Thorny Path — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867

  • You will wonder, perhaps -- for it is Bassianus Antoninus, whom they call Caracalla and

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • You will wonder, perhaps -- for it is Bassianus Antoninus, whom they call Caracalla and

    A Thorny Path — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Neither business, nor pleasure, nor flattery, could defend Caracalla from the stings of a guilty conscience; and he confessed, in the anguish of a tortured mind, that his disordered fancy often beheld the angry forms of his father and his brother rising into life, to threaten and upbraid him.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • The elevation of Caracalla is fixed by the accurate M. de Tillemont to the year 198; the association of Geta to the year 208.] 11 Herodian, l.iii. p. 130.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • Few fragments of it remain; but from the circus of Caracalla, which is better preserved, a tolerably good idea of the ancient circus may be formed.

    De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

  • His wife was named Julia Domna, and he left two sons, usually called Caracalla and Geta, who divided the empire; but

    Young Folks' History of Rome Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Rome is full of baths -- vast ruined ones erected by various emperors and still bearing their names -- such as Caracalla's Baths and Titus '

    Europe Revised 1910

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