Caracalla

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A bust of Caracalla.

Caracalla (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus) was one of the most brutal rulers of the ancient roman empire. Although he commissioned one of the city’s greatest building projects, and extended citizenship throughout the empire, Caracalla’s bloodletting overshadows all he accomplished. He killed his brother, Geta and executed, probably thousands of alexandrians which include innocent bystanders and executed the rich and confiscated their property, just to keep them in line. Caracalla was killed by his personal bodyguard while urinating on a road on 8 April, 217AD.