Caracalar's Constitutio Antoniana

The story really, of the third century, is that the antonianus takes over from the donares the standard silver currency. Yono, well we know that that never works. And it's going to be. But in the short term, for caracalar does pay for the army that he needs and keeps them onside. He also increases the tax on emancipating aves. When you free slaves, you have to pay a tax to the treasury. So increasing taxes is one thingb, you can also increase the number of people who are liable to pay the tax as well. This is when we get to one of the most interesting developments of caracala