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12

From Commodus to Caracalla

Lecture no. 12 from the course: The Roman Empire: From Augustus to The Fall of Rome

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Taught by Professor Gregory S. Aldrete | 32 min | Categories: History

Marcus Aurelius may have been a wise philosopher, but he didn’t act wisely when appointing his son Commodus as heir; who turned out to be a throwback to the megalomania of Caligula and Nero. Emperor Septimius Severus provided a short period of stability, but his son, Caracalla, was yet another unbalanced ruler.