Caracalla: A Military Biography

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Caracalla has one of the vital worst reputations of any Roman Emperor. Many ancient historians were very hostile and Edward Gibbon later dubbed him ‘the common enemy of mankind’. Yet his reign was once thought to be by no less than one Roman writer to be the apogee of the Roman Empire. Guilty of many murders and massacres (including his own brother, ex-wife and daughter) he was once, alternatively, popular with the army, making improvements to their pay and cultivating the image of sharing their hardships. Surprisingly that is the first full-length biography of this colorful character in English.

Ilkka Syvanne explains how the biased ancient sources in combination with the stern taking a look statues of the emperor have created a distorted image of the man and then reconstructs the real events, particularly his military campaigns and reforms, to offer a balanced view of his reign. The biography offers the first complete overview of the policies, events and military campaigns of the reign and explains how and why these contributed to the military crisis of the third century.

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