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Fragmentary bronze portrait of the emperor Caracalla
Not on view
This portrait depicts Caracalla as a grown man, when he was sole emperor. He succeeded his father, Septimius Severus, who died at York in A.D. 211 during campaigns in northern Britain. Caracalla only reigned for six years before his own death near Carrhae in northern Mesopotamia while campaigning against the Parthians.
#1238. Fragmentary bronze portrait of the emperor Caracalla
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