Onyx cameo bust of Caracalla

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 169

Caracalla succeeded to the imperial throne when his father, Septimius Severus, died in Eburacum (modern York, England) in A.D. 211. After disposing of his brother and co-emperor, Geta, Caracalla embarked on a number of military campaigns that took him to the Rhine and Danube frontiers. In A.D. 216, he launched a major expedition against Parthia, but he died in mysterious circumstances near Carrhae (modern Harran, Turkey) the following year.

Onyx cameo bust of Caracalla, Onyx, Roman

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