
Episode CXIII - Fratricidal Discord (Caracalla I)
Emperors of Rome
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Caracala's Coming. Quick. Hide the Getter.
There is a purge of getter's supporters so that caracala could be his own man. His friends and associates were immediately butchered, together with those who lived in his half of the imperial palace. Not a single one was spared because of his age, not even the infants. Children being put to death, tor babies being murdered. That ets a bit biblical. But you know what the point is, is that there is a major purge of getters supporters,. Caracala wants to clean house, particularly in the senate and the administration in the imperial Palace. And this is because h says that geta was conspiring against him, sot every one else who supported him
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