One side of the medallion shows a scene from the emperor's visit to Pergamum in A.D. 214, where he sought healing from the Greco-Roman god of medicine, Asclepius. Read more ...

Emperor Caracalla is suggested to be sick in Gladiator 2, but historians cant quite agree as to what illness the figure was most likely to have had.

Medallion of Emperor Caracalla discovered in Bulgaria. Credit: Museum Veliko Tarnovo In one tomb, the remains of a child between 1 and 2 years old were found, while in the other, two adults were laid ...

The smaller grave, made somewhat earlier, contained the skeleton of a 2- to 3-year-old child and a rare bronze medallion depicting the Roman emperor Caracalla's (ruled A.D. 198 to 217) visit in A ...