Caracalar - The Name of the Antonine

Dio refers to caracalar as the gladiator nickname teraltas dase. He just likes to use these nicknames to denegrate the emperor's this is a part of his style. Historigusta criticises how macrinus son, digerminianus, was called antoninus and then elegablus were as well. It shows how gynastic politics was contested at this time. But mothers also play important roles in the public image of the regime. So we see this emphasis on imperial motherhood.