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The young Emperor Caracalla at the Archaeological Museum of Venice
“The young Emperor Caracalla”
Emperor Caracalla Sculpture – Greek marble (Height 58 cm) Late 2nd century
This statue of Emperor Caracalla (188–217) depicts him at around the age of 13, with the still delicate features of adolescence.
He is dressed in a military tunic fastened with a brooch.
His youth does not prevent him from having the bearing and gaze of a future leader.
Born in Lyon, in Gaul, he was emperor from 211 until 217, the year of his assassination in Syria.
Emperor Caracalla The angelic face he is shown to have in this sculpture is merely a façade concealing his natural cruelty.
Murder did not trouble him in the slightest, for he even had his younger brother Geta murdered.
Caracalla remains infamously known for the massacres he ordered in Alexandria in Egypt as well as in Rome.
Son of Septimius Severus, he commissioned the construction of the Baths of Caracalla, the largest baths ever built in Rome.
Undoubtedly one of the few positive memories of his reign.
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