The King of the Parthians, Caracala

After they winter in nicomedia, the royal party moves on. And we shall probably make it clear at this point that he never actually goes back to rome. He's travelling around the provinces that way. Yes. Once he leaves in late two 12 or early two 13, he never goes back to ROME. Part of the reason for this is that he is planning a war with parthia. This is why he is in the east. So that's the long game. But also we hear of other underhand reasons as to why he might be there. The fact that the alexandrians were making jokes about him. They may have been thinking about this for some time