Apr 8, 2019
On This Day | 8 April
Silver denarius of Caracalla. Rome, 216 CE.
In 217 CE, Roman Emperor Caracalla was assassinated by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus, who then succeeded him.
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