Selected Web Resources on the Emperor Caracalla
Biography
Read a
brief sketch of Caracalla's life
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
Michael Meckler's
Life of Caracalla
at DIR's On-Line Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
Patrick Hurley's
Life of Caracalla
(Ancient History Encyclopedia)
Timeline of Caracalla's Life
(livius.org)
A brief biography and images of Caracalla's mother,
Julia Domna
(DIR)
Timeline of Julia Domna's life
(livius.org)
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)
Carnelian ring stone
portrait of Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla, and Geta
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Images of Julia Domna
, scroll down to Julia Domna (Worlds of Roman Women)
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);
images and text discussing the baths
(livius.org);
(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
Diana Kleiner's
video lecture on 2nd-3rd century architecture in Rome
, including the Baths of Caracalla (Yale University)
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
(Lacus Curtius)
Related Materials
Family Tree of the Severan Dynasty
(DIR)
The Severan Dynasty 193-235 CE
(and Caracalla's place within it) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)