Crossword-Solution: CARACALLA
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Nefarious 3rd-century Roman emperor | 1 answer |
| Roman emperor assassinated in 217 | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CARACALLA (5)
Hence it comes likewise, that princes many times make themselves desires, and set their hearts upon toys; sometimes upon a building; sometimes upon erecting of an order; sometimes upon the advancing of a person; sometimes upon obtaining excellency in some art, or feat of the hand; as Nero for playing on the harp, Domitian for certainty of the hand with the arrow, Commodus for playing at fence, Caracalla for driving chariots, and the like.
And the succeeding emperors desisted not from their conquests in these and other parts, as testified by history and medal-inscription yet extant: the province of Britain, in so divided a distance from Rome, beholding the faces of many imperial persons, and in large account; no fewer than Cæsar, Claudius, Britannicus, Vespasian, Titus, Adrian, Severus, Commodus, Geta, and Caracalla.
Caracalla, the son and successor of Severus, did the most to conquer them, for a time; but not by force of arms.
The Death Of Severus.—Tyranny Of Caracalla.—Usurpation Of Macrinus.—Follies Of Elagabalus.—Virtues Of Alexander Severus.—Licentiousness Of The Army.—General State Of The Roman Finances.
Besides this, he is speaking of the state of the religion under Caracalla, Elagabalus, Alexander Severus, and Philip, who had not persecuted the Christians.
Quotes with CARACALLA (1)
I, too, head for the Baths of Caracalla, thinking — with my old, magnificentprivilege of thinking…(And let there still be a god in me that thinks, lost, weak, and childish, yet whose voice is so humanit is almost a song.) Oh, to leavethis prison of poverty! To be free of the yearningthat makes these ancient nights so splendid! He who knows yearning, and he who does not, have something in common: man’s desires are humble.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, WSJ.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1999–2009).