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Episode CXV - Ausonian Beast (Caracalla III)

Emperors of Rome

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Caracala's Victory Title of Germanicus Maximus

We don't have a lot of detail of play by play of what happened in the dramatic war and who is conquering, because of how fragmentary dio is at this point. But we do get a kind of insight into how he was received there and how he acted very much. So it's very difficult to understand the course of the war against the alamani herodian talks about how he starts building alliances with the germans in the region. He actually selects some of the germans for his bodyguard when they accompany him. Throughout his campaigns, he is supposed to be very much or taking the lead, you know, carrying the standards of the legions on his shoulders. This

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