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Caracalla

188 - 217

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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Lucius Septimius Bassianus, 4 April 188 – 8 April 217), better known by his nickname Caracalla (), was Roman emperor from 198 to 217 AD. He was a member of the Severan dynasty, the elder son of Emperor Septimius Severus and Empress Julia Domna. Severus proclaimed Caracalla co-ruler in 198, doing the same with his other son Geta in 209. The two brothers briefly shared power after their father's death in 211, but Caracalla soon had Geta murdered by the Praetorian Guard and became sole ruler of the Roman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Caracalla has received more than 4,650,114 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Caracalla is the 236th most popular politician (down from 190th in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from France (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular French Politician.

Caracalla was most famous for the Edict of Caracalla, which granted Roman citizenship to all free men in the Roman Empire.

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  • 80.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 83

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Caracalla ranks 236 out of 19,576. Before him are Reinhard Heydrich, Bill Clinton, Alexander III of Russia, Theodore Roosevelt, Matthias Corvinus, and Thutmose III. After him are Catherine I of Russia, Empress Dowager Cixi, Şehzade Mustafa, Suleiman II, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, and Leonidas I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 188, Caracalla ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 217, Caracalla ranks 1. After him are Julia Domna, Pope Zephyrinus, Judah ha-Nasi, Philadelphus of Byzantium, and Khosrov I of Armenia.

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    Caracalla

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    188 - 217

    HPI: 80.69

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In France

Among people born in France, Caracalla ranks 95 out of 6,770. Before him are Irène Joliot-Curie (1897), Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736), Michel de Montaigne (1533), Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749), George Sand (1804), and Marquis de Sade (1740). After him are Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864), Marcel Duchamp (1887), Claude Debussy (1862), Louis XI of France (1423), François Mitterrand (1916), and Nicolas Poussin (1594).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Caracalla ranks 23. Before him are Maximilien Robespierre (1758), Louis the Pious (778), Henry III of France (1551), Louis XVII of France (1785), Jacques Chirac (1932), and Louis IX of France (1214). After him are Louis XI of France (1423), François Mitterrand (1916), Philip II of France (1165), Philip V of Spain (1683), Henry II of France (1519), and Georges Danton (1759).

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