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103- The Equestrian

The History of Rome

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i don't see caracaa's reign as a turning point in the history of rome, but i do see it as representing a breaking point. His time on the throne became a sort of malevolent high water mark that future emperors alternatively tried to dial back from or rach it back up to. He just wanted to enrich the soldiers and scorn all other men. Caraca a inadvertently set a standard that every one would point to down the road as either a cautionary tale or as a shining beacon of light.Things can never again be like they were under caracala. Things must go back to the way they were underCaraca the former,. argued by the old men

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