В дни Каракаллы Библиотека приключений и фантастики

The author of the novel 'In the Days of Caracalla', writer and historian Antonin Ladinsky (1896-1961), takes the reader to the Roman Empire of the 3rd century, shows the life, customs, and politics of the empire. The heroes of the novel are remarkable personalities of their time: poets, philosophers, rulers, military leaders.

The Roman emperor from the Severian dynasty Septimius Bastian Caracalla (188–217) was a stormy and contradictory personality, from a young age he was distinguished by his willfulness, lust for power, cruelty and complete unscrupulousness. Having achieved the throne through the murder of his brother, he fought many wars, in which he preferred to use treachery and cunning rather than military art, which did not prevent him from considering himself a great commander. He softened the persecution of Christians that characterized his predecessors, began to actively build up Rome (the ruins of the grandiose Baths of Caracalla are still one of the main attractions of the Eternal City), and gave all residents of the empire the rights of Roman citizens...

The novel describes in detail and fascinatingly the palace intrigues and military campaigns, as well as the daily life of Ancient Rome.