Caracalla: The Common Enemy of Mankind?
The Ancients
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Julia Domna and Caracala Relationship
Do we have any idea if cala's mother, julia domna, whether she has any influence over caracala's education during these earlier years? We don't have any direct evidence, it has to be said. Julia domna and caracals relationship is fairly to reconstruct from our sources for multiple reasons. Partly, the historya augusta is to blame. And i think part of this has to do with just an accident of time. I think had caracala been just that little bit older when severus was rising to power, he would have potentially played a more active role in severes own campaigning. As it happens, though, severus achieves
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