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In 200 a.C, the praetorian prefect Gaius Fulvius Plautianus made an agreement with Septimius Severus to give his young daughter Fulvia Plautilla as a wife to Caracalla. The two married with great pomp. The historian Cassio Dione, one of the major sources on Caracalla, had also participated in the wedding banquet. However, in 202 a.C, only 2 years later, Caracalla accused of high treason and had Plautianus executed. Plautilla became an uncomfortable character, so her husband decided to accuse her of adultery and divorce her. After her divorce Caracalla exiled Plautilla and her brother Ortensiano on the island of Lipari, where in 212 a.C. they were executed.

=== Murder of the brother Geta ===

After the death of Septimius Severus during the military expedition against the tribes in Northern Britain in 211 AD. , by the will of his advisers, Caracalla succeeded his father together with his brother Geta. The brothers quickly made peace with the barbarians and returned to Rome, where the situation soon became unbearable. Neither brother was willing to divide the imperial power and they had isolated themselves reciprocally. Following some disagreements, Caracalla killed Geta with the sword, uselessly defended by his mother Giulia Domna, who in her heat was wounded in her hand. Caracalla fled the palace and obtained the support of the praetorians by convincing them that he had been threatened with death by his brother and above all by promising them large donations for their support.

During the Severan period, trade with the East and in particular with Palmyra, Ethiopia, Syria and India developed greatly. The trade mainly concerned spices, silk and exotic animals indispensable for circus games. Caracalla's army also possessed elephants, but the continuous wars nevertheless put the imperial coffers in difficulty and forced the emperor to decrease the amount of silver in the money by 25%, due to the increase in the soldiers' pay; then he minted a new coin, in 215 AD, which was worth two regular denarii.

Caracalle gave numerous games and shows to amuse the Roman people. He himself took part in circus games. In 212 A.D., he began work on the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, the most grandiose ever built. For the water supply in 212 AD. a branch of the Aqua Marcia was created, called "Aqua Antoniniana", which crossed the Appia street. The baths, completed in 217 AD. and embellished with marble and precious sculptures, they were strongly desired by the emperor to ingratiate himself with the people and to give a sign of his power. He had the Octavia's Fron Porch restored, damaged by a fire. During the military campaigns he was ready to inaugurate new bridges, valleys, forts and defensive walls where necessary.

* He is the cousin of another roman emperor: Eliogabalus.

 

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