Dr. Alex Imrie

But the people who want to make the sacrifice get lost and can't meet each other and they're wandering around Rome and the palace trying to find one another and they can't do it. They can't make this harmony sacrifice work. So something bad is going to happen. And this is where it comes to head.

But the people who want to make the sacrifice get lost and can't meet each other and they're wandering around Rome and the palace trying to find one another and they can't do it. They can't make this harmony sacrifice work. So something bad is going to happen. And this is where it comes to head.

We're not told about any sort of big events or things where they try and appear together, but Dio tells us that in public appearances, they do try and maintain the conceit that is familial unity. So I would say in scenes like that in the Colosseum and Gladiator 2, yes, it wouldn't be uncommon, I would think, in this period for the two boys to be sat together as co-emperors, whether they are...

We're not told about any sort of big events or things where they try and appear together, but Dio tells us that in public appearances, they do try and maintain the conceit that is familial unity. So I would say in scenes like that in the Colosseum and Gladiator 2, yes, it wouldn't be uncommon, I would think, in this period for the two boys to be sat together as co-emperors, whether they are...

We're not told about any sort of big events or things where they try and appear together, but Dio tells us that in public appearances, they do try and maintain the conceit that is familial unity. So I would say in scenes like that in the Colosseum and Gladiator 2, yes, it wouldn't be uncommon, I would think, in this period for the two boys to be sat together as co-emperors, whether they are...

maniacally laughing genuinely with one another as gladiator 2 has it is another question i think that ultimately the the atmosphere within that royal box might be a little bit more icy cold than ridley scott would have us believe all right then come on then let's you said that it gets to a head so what is this it goes cold war turns hot it does and then some i mean if severus is dead in february 211 the whole situation comes to its violent conclusion before the end of december 211

maniacally laughing genuinely with one another as gladiator 2 has it is another question i think that ultimately the the atmosphere within that royal box might be a little bit more icy cold than ridley scott would have us believe all right then come on then let's you said that it gets to a head so what is this it goes cold war turns hot it does and then some i mean if severus is dead in february 211 the whole situation comes to its violent conclusion before the end of december 211

maniacally laughing genuinely with one another as gladiator 2 has it is another question i think that ultimately the the atmosphere within that royal box might be a little bit more icy cold than ridley scott would have us believe all right then come on then let's you said that it gets to a head so what is this it goes cold war turns hot it does and then some i mean if severus is dead in february 211 the whole situation comes to its violent conclusion before the end of december 211

So the boys have been living in Rome in this kind of partitioned life for a while, growing bodyguards, much suspicion, only barely holding on to the imperial conceit that they're together. Now, it seems that they're both trying to outmaneuver one another and to assassinate the other one, basically.

So the boys have been living in Rome in this kind of partitioned life for a while, growing bodyguards, much suspicion, only barely holding on to the imperial conceit that they're together. Now, it seems that they're both trying to outmaneuver one another and to assassinate the other one, basically.

So the boys have been living in Rome in this kind of partitioned life for a while, growing bodyguards, much suspicion, only barely holding on to the imperial conceit that they're together. Now, it seems that they're both trying to outmaneuver one another and to assassinate the other one, basically.

I mean, Dio tells us that Caracalla wants to do it from the moment Severus dies, but is held back or can't make it work. Herodian tells us that the pair of them are equally as bad as each other and are just continually plotting in an escalating fashion. Now matters come to a head when they realize, I think, that they're not going to be able to get around each other's huge bodyguards at this point.

I mean, Dio tells us that Caracalla wants to do it from the moment Severus dies, but is held back or can't make it work. Herodian tells us that the pair of them are equally as bad as each other and are just continually plotting in an escalating fashion. Now matters come to a head when they realize, I think, that they're not going to be able to get around each other's huge bodyguards at this point.

I mean, Dio tells us that Caracalla wants to do it from the moment Severus dies, but is held back or can't make it work. Herodian tells us that the pair of them are equally as bad as each other and are just continually plotting in an escalating fashion. Now matters come to a head when they realize, I think, that they're not going to be able to get around each other's huge bodyguards at this point.

So Dio at least tells us that Caracalla petitions his mother, Julia Domna, to call a meeting between the two boys at which the pair will arrive unarmed without all their bodyguards. And that seems to make sense. That is something that the Empress could and would have done. And it seems that the meeting is to arrange a reconciliation.

So Dio at least tells us that Caracalla petitions his mother, Julia Domna, to call a meeting between the two boys at which the pair will arrive unarmed without all their bodyguards. And that seems to make sense. That is something that the Empress could and would have done. And it seems that the meeting is to arrange a reconciliation.

So Dio at least tells us that Caracalla petitions his mother, Julia Domna, to call a meeting between the two boys at which the pair will arrive unarmed without all their bodyguards. And that seems to make sense. That is something that the Empress could and would have done. And it seems that the meeting is to arrange a reconciliation.

So Caracal and Geta both attend this meeting in Julia Domna's chambers, and we have different tellings of what happens next. In Herodian's telling, We have Caracalla simply losing the plot, going feral.

So Caracal and Geta both attend this meeting in Julia Domna's chambers, and we have different tellings of what happens next. In Herodian's telling, We have Caracalla simply losing the plot, going feral.

So Caracal and Geta both attend this meeting in Julia Domna's chambers, and we have different tellings of what happens next. In Herodian's telling, We have Caracalla simply losing the plot, going feral.