Tag: Thermae Antoninianae
Caracalla: Het Jaar 216
Caracalla beschouwde zichzelf als Alexander de Grote, en aangezien Alexander de Grote Perzië had veroverd, zou Caracalla de opvolger van Perzië veroveren: het Parthische Rijk van de Arsaciden. Er waren goede strategische redenen om nu de aanval in te zetten. In 208 was de Parthische koning Vologases (Walagash) V gestorven,…
My Walk along the Via Appia (part 2)
Caracalla: The Year 216
Caracalla considered himself to be Alexander the Great, and since Alexander the Great had conquered Persia, Caracalla would conquer Persia’s successor: the Parthian Arsacid Empire. There were good strategic reasons to attack now. In 208, the Parthian king Vologases (Walagash) V had died, leaving the throne to his son, Vologases…