Dr. Alex Imrie

They have this lovely, soft, fluffy hair style kind of thing happening. And importantly, on coins, if it weren't for the titles... I think many people would struggle to distinguish between the two. So, I mean, that's another interesting facet of this in as much as while Karakal is definitely given more constitutional authority, nominally, I mean, he's a child, how much is he actually doing?

In terms of the propaganda that the regime is pushing out and the mass media that they're pushing out, the Severan children are almost indistinguishable. And I think that's by design.

In terms of the propaganda that the regime is pushing out and the mass media that they're pushing out, the Severan children are almost indistinguishable. And I think that's by design.

In terms of the propaganda that the regime is pushing out and the mass media that they're pushing out, the Severan children are almost indistinguishable. And I think that's by design.

I think Severus is saying with this that he has two children, that the future of the dynasty is assured, and that these two brothers are, while they may have different stations, they are indivisible and almost indistinguishable from one another. That's how close they are. That's how wonderfully loved up the Severan family is.

I think Severus is saying with this that he has two children, that the future of the dynasty is assured, and that these two brothers are, while they may have different stations, they are indivisible and almost indistinguishable from one another. That's how close they are. That's how wonderfully loved up the Severan family is.

I think Severus is saying with this that he has two children, that the future of the dynasty is assured, and that these two brothers are, while they may have different stations, they are indivisible and almost indistinguishable from one another. That's how close they are. That's how wonderfully loved up the Severan family is.

Now, it's interesting in that we have further evidence that Severus wants to use them in this idea of a vast program of family unity being promoted. The two boys feature very prominently, for example, in the secular games of AD 204. This is a large cultural set of games that has gone on from the earliest phase of the Imperial era.

Now, it's interesting in that we have further evidence that Severus wants to use them in this idea of a vast program of family unity being promoted. The two boys feature very prominently, for example, in the secular games of AD 204. This is a large cultural set of games that has gone on from the earliest phase of the Imperial era.

Now, it's interesting in that we have further evidence that Severus wants to use them in this idea of a vast program of family unity being promoted. The two boys feature very prominently, for example, in the secular games of AD 204. This is a large cultural set of games that has gone on from the earliest phase of the Imperial era.

It has huge religious overtones and the Imperial family usually plays a significant part. Severus has every single one of his family members play a significant role. They each lead different sections and delegations of this set of games. Beyond the family propaganda, though, we have a sense that not all is well in the house of Caesar.

It has huge religious overtones and the Imperial family usually plays a significant part. Severus has every single one of his family members play a significant role. They each lead different sections and delegations of this set of games. Beyond the family propaganda, though, we have a sense that not all is well in the house of Caesar.

It has huge religious overtones and the Imperial family usually plays a significant part. Severus has every single one of his family members play a significant role. They each lead different sections and delegations of this set of games. Beyond the family propaganda, though, we have a sense that not all is well in the house of Caesar.

We have a sense that the two boys, while being very close in age and while being presented as indivisible princes, just don't get along. I mean, the pair of them just don't seem to enjoy each other's company, and we have early early signs that they're intensely competitive with one another.

We have a sense that the two boys, while being very close in age and while being presented as indivisible princes, just don't get along. I mean, the pair of them just don't seem to enjoy each other's company, and we have early early signs that they're intensely competitive with one another.

We have a sense that the two boys, while being very close in age and while being presented as indivisible princes, just don't get along. I mean, the pair of them just don't seem to enjoy each other's company, and we have early early signs that they're intensely competitive with one another.

Although much of this will only come out in our sources when the sources get onto the middle point of that first decade in the 200s. Because what happens before is that attention is focused on the problematic Praetorian prefect, Plotianus. Because it seems, at least in Daiwa's telling, that Plotianus

Although much of this will only come out in our sources when the sources get onto the middle point of that first decade in the 200s. Because what happens before is that attention is focused on the problematic Praetorian prefect, Plotianus. Because it seems, at least in Daiwa's telling, that Plotianus

Although much of this will only come out in our sources when the sources get onto the middle point of that first decade in the 200s. Because what happens before is that attention is focused on the problematic Praetorian prefect, Plotianus. Because it seems, at least in Daiwa's telling, that Plotianus

a prefect who is alleged to have staged or attempted to stage a coup in the year 205 to overthrow the Severan household, Dio claims that he's almost like a pressure valve that holds the boy's competition in check. It's only when this troubling Praetorian is eliminated and executed that the boys' rivalry really starts to accelerate and explode because there's nothing to hold it in check.