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100 1  Syvänne, Ilkka,|eauthor. 
245 10 Caracalla :|bA Military Biography /|cIlkka Syvänne. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bPen & Sword Books,
       |c[2017] 
264  4 |c©2017 
300    1 online resource (368 pages) 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
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520    "This biography of the Roman Emperor Caracalla challenges 
       his tyrannical reputation with a revealing narrative of 
       his social reforms and military campaigns. Caracalla has 
       one of the worst reputations of any Roman Emperor. Many 
       ancient historians were very hostile, and the 18th century
       English historian Edward Gibbon even dubbed him the common
       enemy of mankind. Yet his reign was considered by at least
       one Roman author to be the apogee of the Roman Empire. He 
       was guilty of many murders and massacres -- including that
       of his own brother, ex-wife and daughter. Yet he 
       instituted the Antonine Constitution, granting citizenship
       to all free men in the Empire. He was also popular with 
       the army, improving their pay and cultivating the image of
       sharing their hardships. Historian Ilkka Syvanne explains 
       how the biased ancient sources in combination with the 
       stern looking statues of the emperor have created a 
       distorted image of the man. He then reconstructs a 
       chronology of Caracalla's reign, focusing on his military 
       campaigns and reforms, to offer a balanced view of his 
       legacy. Caracalla offers the first complete overview of 
       the policies, events and conflicts he oversaw and explains
       how and why these contributed to the military crisis of 
       the third century."--|cProvided by Freading. 
588 0  Publisher metadata. 
600 00 Caracalla,|cEmperor of Rome,|d188-217. 
650  0 Emperors|zRome|vBiography. 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military.|2bisacsh 
651  0 Rome|xHistory|ySeverans, 193-235. 
655  0 Electronic books. 
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