Caracalla: The Common Enemy of Mankind?
The Ancients
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Caracala and Geta, a Tale of Geta Being Murded
In the wake of this herrific act, he is killed. He's murdered, a family member, either by his own hand or by his cronies. How does he attempt to revolutionize his public image as it lets him stow favor upon those men of the soldiery? So basily telling the praetorians that they'll be all right with him in charge, that seems to work in the initial moment. But like many, many emperors before him, donatives are the way to secure the loyalty of the military at least in the short term.
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