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Caracalla: The Common Enemy of Mankind?

The Ancients

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The Main Literary Sources for Caracala

The main literary sources for caracala are threefold. The contemporary author and senator during the severn ira, cassius di he is certainly, for most people, the gotu source for most of your history about the caracalon regime. We know less about herodian, though he's a little bit more enigmatic. And so part of the historiographical problem is is trying to decide which one we want to lean on more.

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