Caracalla

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to: navigation, search
  • Caracalla (April 4, 186–April 8, 217) was emperor of the Roman Empire from 211–217. He was the elder son of Septimius Severus and is best-known for arranging the murder of his brother Publius Septimius Geta after the two engaged in a power struggle in the months after their father's death. His wife was Publia Fulvia Plautilla.

Ancient portraits [edit]

  • As a child, type of 198 AD

  • Caracalla (infant).JPG
  • Young Caracalla (Hermitage).jpg
  • Портрет Каракаллы в юности 2.jpg
  • Child Caracalla Louvre Ma1173.jpg

  • Bust of Caracalla, Tivoli type

  • Caracalla bust.jpg
  • Caracalla.jpg

  • Busto dell'imperatore romano Caracalla. Pergamonmuseum,

  • Bust of Caracalla, Met, New York City

  • Bust of Caracalla, Met, New York City

  • Caracalla01 pushkin.jpg
  • Caracalla02 pushkin.jpg

  • Bust of emperor Caracalla. Cast in Pushkin Museum after original in Napoli

  • Tondo of the Severan family, with portraits of Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla, and a deleted portrait of Geta

  • Caracalla, amethyst intaglio

  • Geta and Caracalla, sardonyx intaglio

  • Caracalla at the Hermitage Museum, sardonyx.

  • 28-manasses-chronicle.jpg

Coinage [edit]

Modern representations [edit]

Retrieved from "http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caracalla&oldid=82256859"