Selected Web Resources on the Emperor Caracalla
Biography
Read a
brief sketch of Caracalla's life
(Columbia Encyclopedia)
Michael Meckler's
Life of Caracalla
at DIR's On-Line Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
A brief biography and images of Caracalla's mother,
Julia Domna
(DIR)
Life of Julia Domna
, Caracalla's mother (Feminae Romanae)
Images
Portrait of Caracalla
(Metropolitan Museum in New York);
portrait bust in military garb
at Pergamon Museum, Berlin (AICT);
portrait of Caracalla
(Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek);
portrait
of Caracalla in the Guise of Helios (North Carolina Museum of Art); portrait of
Caracalla as a youth
(Hermitage Museum);
fourteen images
(Rene Seindal);
more portraits
(Erlangen)
Coin
of Caracalla (Lawrence University Bearers of Meaning);
coin of Caracalla as caesar when a young boy
(Doug Smith);
coins of Caracalla or Elagabalus?
by Doug Smith (with a quick quiz);
more coins
(Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins): click on Caracalla on the left sidebar
Coin of Julia Domna
, his mother (Lawrence University);
coins of Julia Domna and Septimius Severus
(Doug Smith);
more coins
of Julia Domna (VCRC)
Baths of Caracalla
, Rome (Great Buildings Online);
plan
of the Baths (Gary Brueggeman)
(a)
path
through the baths, (b)
index
of various pictures by Andrew Wickham, (c)
Garrett Fagan's "Baths" site
(no Caracalla yet)
A Day at the Baths
takes you through the Baths of Caracalla. (Nova's website for
Roman Bath
, Secrets of Lost Empires)
John Gruber-Miller's
photos
(200-205) of the Baths of Caracalla
View fanciful
paintings
of Caracalla and Geta and the baths of Caracalla by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912)
Texts
Read about murder and intrigue in Dio Cassius' account of
The family of Julia Domna
, Caracalla's mother
Aelius Spartianus,
Life of Caracalla
(Internet Ancient History Sourcebook)
Related Materials
Family Tree of the Severan Dynasty
(DIR)
Christopher Jones'
Notes on the Severan Dynasty
(and Caracalla's place within it) (not currently available)
Christopher Mackay's
lecture on Caracalla and his successors: Macrinus, Elagabalus, and Severus Alexander
Christopher Mackay's lecture on
Provincial Administration and the Spread of Roman Citizenship