Dr. Alex Imrie

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.

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.

There is no external force that the boys are both focused on rather than on each other.

There is no external force that the boys are both focused on rather than on each other.

There is no external force that the boys are both focused on rather than on each other.

So in the early phase, it seems that both boys just, as you might expect young princes to have, sizeable entourages who seem to just encourage their worst impulses. They are a bunch of yes-men. Spoiled teenagers as well, I guess, aren't they? Absolutely. Well, this is it. They are teens.

So in the early phase, it seems that both boys just, as you might expect young princes to have, sizeable entourages who seem to just encourage their worst impulses. They are a bunch of yes-men. Spoiled teenagers as well, I guess, aren't they? Absolutely. Well, this is it. They are teens.

So in the early phase, it seems that both boys just, as you might expect young princes to have, sizeable entourages who seem to just encourage their worst impulses. They are a bunch of yes-men. Spoiled teenagers as well, I guess, aren't they? Absolutely. Well, this is it. They are teens.

And I think that's something that even scholars sometimes overlook, the fact that they are probably just quite natural teenagers themselves. Moody and hormonal and not very predictable. And yet they are facilitated by huge entourages who encourage them to compete with one another. This is seen in Dao, for example, where we have them at the chariot races.

And I think that's something that even scholars sometimes overlook, the fact that they are probably just quite natural teenagers themselves. Moody and hormonal and not very predictable. And yet they are facilitated by huge entourages who encourage them to compete with one another. This is seen in Dao, for example, where we have them at the chariot races.

And I think that's something that even scholars sometimes overlook, the fact that they are probably just quite natural teenagers themselves. Moody and hormonal and not very predictable. And yet they are facilitated by huge entourages who encourage them to compete with one another. This is seen in Dao, for example, where we have them at the chariot races.

If one boy, one teen, one prince chooses one faction, Dallar will be sure to pick an opposing faction because, God forbid, they pick the same faction. And it seems to intensify and the public rivalry that grows between the two boys gets even more visible. Daioh tells us, for example, of one occasion where the two boys themselves were engaged in chariot racing.

If one boy, one teen, one prince chooses one faction, Dallar will be sure to pick an opposing faction because, God forbid, they pick the same faction. And it seems to intensify and the public rivalry that grows between the two boys gets even more visible. Daioh tells us, for example, of one occasion where the two boys themselves were engaged in chariot racing.

If one boy, one teen, one prince chooses one faction, Dallar will be sure to pick an opposing faction because, God forbid, they pick the same faction. And it seems to intensify and the public rivalry that grows between the two boys gets even more visible. Daioh tells us, for example, of one occasion where the two boys themselves were engaged in chariot racing.

One presumes just through the middle of the capital and there's a chariot crash and Caracalla breaks his leg in that competition. And Severus is lauded at that point for kind of just ignoring the two of them and getting on with his work. But it's an indicator that this is a public problem now for Severus, and it gets increasingly embarrassing as the first decade of the 200s draws to a close.

One presumes just through the middle of the capital and there's a chariot crash and Caracalla breaks his leg in that competition. And Severus is lauded at that point for kind of just ignoring the two of them and getting on with his work. But it's an indicator that this is a public problem now for Severus, and it gets increasingly embarrassing as the first decade of the 200s draws to a close.

One presumes just through the middle of the capital and there's a chariot crash and Caracalla breaks his leg in that competition. And Severus is lauded at that point for kind of just ignoring the two of them and getting on with his work. But it's an indicator that this is a public problem now for Severus, and it gets increasingly embarrassing as the first decade of the 200s draws to a close.

And this image of Caracal and Geta chasing through the streets after one another in their chariots actually put me in mind of the animated Prince of Egypt cartoon. I don't know if any of your listeners will remember that when the Ramesses and the Moses characters basically destroy an ornamental city in their chariots. That's very much the image I got from this.

And this image of Caracal and Geta chasing through the streets after one another in their chariots actually put me in mind of the animated Prince of Egypt cartoon. I don't know if any of your listeners will remember that when the Ramesses and the Moses characters basically destroy an ornamental city in their chariots. That's very much the image I got from this.

And this image of Caracal and Geta chasing through the streets after one another in their chariots actually put me in mind of the animated Prince of Egypt cartoon. I don't know if any of your listeners will remember that when the Ramesses and the Moses characters basically destroy an ornamental city in their chariots. That's very much the image I got from this.