06-30-2009, 09:06 AM
Quote:Two mint condition coins of AD 202/3 and a fragmentary building inscription naming Caracalla as sole emperor (probably), combined with the literary evidence that Caracalla was not keen on staying in Scotland!Exactly what I needed! Severus' occupation of southern Scotland probably did not last after his death in 211.
(I am writing a little piece about the "common error" that the Roman Empire reached its greatest extent under Trajan; it was of course under Severus, who added Mesopotamia and the Limes Tripolitanus. Scotland is irrelevant to my point.)
