(188–217 AD)
Roman emperor. He was born on 4 April 188, the eldest son of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. His original name appears to have been Lucius Septimius Bassianus, but he was renamed Marcus Aurelius Antoninus after his father’s accession. Caracalla was his nickname. Caracalla was named coemperor with his father on 28 January 198 and succeeded his father in 211 with his younger brother Geta, whose murder he ordered in late 211. Geta’s image has been erased from a relief in the temple of Esna. In the same year, he issued a proclamation granting Roman citizenship to all inhabitants of the empire to raise taxes. Caracalla conducted several military campaigns, notably an eastern war beginning in 215. He visited Egypt from December 215 to March/April 216 and massacred part of the population of Alexandria, whom he regarded as disrespectful. Caracalla was assassinated on the road between Edessa and Carrhae in Syria on 8 April 217.
Historical Dictionary Of Ancient Egypt by Morris L. Bierbrier
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see Alexander the Great.
Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt by Rosalie and Antony E. David
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