Caracalla : diforc'h etre ar stummoù

Caracalla was succeeded by the Praetorian Prefect of the Guard, [[Macrinus]], who almost certainly was part of the conspiracy against the emperor.

 

According to [[Aurelius Victor]] in his ''Epitome de Caesaribus'', the [[cognomen]] '''Caracalla''' refers to a Gallic [[cloak]] that Caracalla adopted as a personal fashion, which spread to his army and his court.<ref>[[Aurelius Victor]], ''Epitome de Caesaribus'' [http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/victor_ep.html#21 21] ([http://www.roman-emperors.org/epitome.htm translation]). For information on the ''caracallus'' garment, see [[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]] ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities'': [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Caracalla.html "Caracalla"]</ref> [[Cassius Dio]]<ref>[[Cassius Dio]], ''Roman History'' [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/79*.html#78-3 79.3]</ref> and the ''[[Augustan History|Historia Augusta]]''<ref>''[[Augustan History|Historia Augusta]]'': ''Caracalla'' [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Caracalla*.html#9.7 9.7], ''Septimius Severus'' [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Septimius_Severus*.html#21.11 21.11]</ref> agree that his nickname derived from his cloak, but do not mention its country of origin.

 

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