
103- The Equestrian
The History of Rome
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The Baths of Caracala
i can't believe i didn't mention this before, but ye, how did caracala get his name? He was known as lucius septimius bassianus until his father became emperor. As the years passed, it became easier to label him with that distinctive cognomen. The second thing, the architecturally interesting thing, are the baths of caracala,. which the emperor ordered built in two 12 and which were completed in two 16. They sprawled over 33 acres, was by far the greatest and most ambitious bath house in bath house crazy Rome.
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