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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 7981920, member: 91820&quot;]Interesting coins, among which is the sestertius of Caracalla stepping on an alligator symbolizing his plundering of the unarmed second city of the empire.&nbsp; Dio in his history discusses the reasons for Caracalla’s hatred for Alexandria, but Dio does not mention that this would have Caracalla’s second visit to Alexandria. The first would have been with his father Septimius Severus, after the defeat of P. Niger ca. 195(?).</p><p><br /></p><p>On arriving at the city, Septimius noticed that Alexandria had not taken down the sign, “This is Niger’s City” and there may have been other indications of disloyalty. It could very well be that Caracalla’s hatred for Alexandria may be something that was imprinted on him at an early age. Just speculation but perhaps a basis for further research? </p><p><br /></p><p>By the way the foregoing comes from Birleys wonderful book on Septimius- I cannot believe that I did not know of the existence of this book until relatively recently.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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