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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3790258, member: 19463"]That is some portrait! I fear sometimes that we suffer today from bias in our sources with people painted too good or evil from bias as much as truth but Caracalla did seem to have personality shortcomings however we slice it. When young, Caracalla looks perfectly pleasant but then dad married him off to Plautilla and promoted his brother to equal rank. I suspect his desire for the death of his father for so many years contributed to his excesses when he finally became top dog. </p><p><br /></p><p>I prefer to think of the sweet child of 196 AD rather than the twenty years later version.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012443[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1012444[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: O beat me to it so I'll trow in that between the young and old period Caracalla went through a phase as an awkward adolescent when portraits were less than impressive. At the same time Geta was a bit more handsome. This may not have helped.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012448[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Geta</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012449[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3790258, member: 19463"]That is some portrait! I fear sometimes that we suffer today from bias in our sources with people painted too good or evil from bias as much as truth but Caracalla did seem to have personality shortcomings however we slice it. When young, Caracalla looks perfectly pleasant but then dad married him off to Plautilla and promoted his brother to equal rank. I suspect his desire for the death of his father for so many years contributed to his excesses when he finally became top dog. I prefer to think of the sweet child of 196 AD rather than the twenty years later version. [ATTACH=full]1012443[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1012444[/ATTACH] Edit: O beat me to it so I'll trow in that between the young and old period Caracalla went through a phase as an awkward adolescent when portraits were less than impressive. At the same time Geta was a bit more handsome. This may not have helped. [ATTACH=full]1012448[/ATTACH] Geta [ATTACH=full]1012449[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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