Antoninus Caracalla 2

ed. David Magie

Antoninus Caracalla. . ed. David Magie. London. 1924.

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Antoninus Caracalla (Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Volume 2. Magie, David, editor. London, New York: William Heinemann, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1924.)

Notes on the current edition

Antoninus Caracalla

1. The rights of Antioch, taken away after Niger's defeat (Sev., ix. 4), were probably restored when Caracalla received the toga virilis and assumed his first consulship there; see Sev., xvi. 8. Byzantium surrendered to Severus' army in 196 alter a siege of nearly three years; see Dio, lxxiv. 10-11. It was then deprived of its rights and ordered to pay tribute, and its walls were destroyed. Its later restoration by Severus is recorded by Malalas, p. 291, and Hesychius of Miletus (C. Müller, Fragm. Hist. Graec, iv. p. 15M).
2. See note to Sev., xiv. 5.
3. See note to Hadr., xvii. 3.
4. Immediately after Severus' death in Britain on 4 Feb., 211, Caracalla and Geta patched up a peace with the rebels and returned to Borne, where they arrived in May. The
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