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Caracalla: The Common Enemy of Mankind?

The Ancients

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The Marriage of Caracala and Plotianus Daughter, Plotilla

plotianus is potentially a kinsman of septimus saverus, related distantly through severu's mother, fulvia pia. The two men are old cronies, essentially, by the time severus comes to power. And it is no surprise really, that plotianUS is made praetorian prefect. Within a couple of years, plotianus has become one of the most powerful men in the roman real state. But his relationship with caracala causes tension between father in law and son-in-law. Caracala gets so fed up with the marital arrangement and wants rid of his meddling father in law, he concocts a plot to

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