Bronze Head of Caracalla

Bronze Head of Caracalla


Origin	Sack of Rome (410)
Type	Cut off head of a bronze statue of Caracalla
Effects	Induces incompetence and a fondness for bathing
Downsides	Effects.
Activation	Holding
Section	Out and About List
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Origin[]

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Lucius Septimius Bassianus, 4 April 188 – 8 April 217), better known by his nickname Caracalla (/ˌkærəˈkælə/) was Roman emperor from 198 to 217 AD. He was a member of the Severan dynasty, the elder son of Emperor Septimius Severus and Empress Julia Domna. Proclaimed co-ruler by his father in 198, he reigned jointly with his brother Geta, co-emperor from 209, after their father's death in 211. His brother was murdered by the Praetorian Guard later that year under orders from Caracalla, who then reigned afterwards as sole ruler of the Roman Empire. Caracalla found administration to be mundane, leaving those responsibilities to his mother. Caracalla's reign featured domestic instability and external invasions by the Germanic peoples.

The sack of Rome on 24 August 410 AD was undertaken by the Visigoths led by their king, Alaric. At that time, Rome was no longer the capital of the Western Roman Empire, having been replaced in that position first by Mediolanum (now Milan) in 286 and then by Ravenna in 402. Nevertheless, the city of Rome retained a paramount position as "the eternal city" and a spiritual center of the Empire. This was the first time in almost 800 years that Rome had fallen to a foreign enemy, and the sack was a major shock to contemporaries, friends and foes of the Empire alike.

Originally apart of a statue of the roman emperor, Caracalla. It was destroyed when Rome was sacked in 410 by the Visgoths and taken to what is now France, where it was buried.

Effects[]

Induces incompetence and a fondness for bathing.

Last Known Location[]

The bronze head was un-earthed in france in the late 1890s and bounced around Europe during the first world war, making it's way to Germany around 1930, into the possession of the Nazi party to be gifted to Hitler but got lost on it's way to Munich. Lost after 1937. A part of the Lost Sigler cache.

See Also[]

Roman Emperor Artifacts
Emperors
Bronze Head of Caracalla • Bust of Diocletian • Caligula's Battle Armor • Caligula's Sandals • Caligula's Spear • Caracalla's Bathing Amphora • Commodus' Balteus • Constantine the Great's Crucifix • Elagabalus' Whoopee Cushion • Julius Caesar's Wreath • Justinian I's Chariot Wheel • Nero's Stretching Rack • Statue from Trajan’s Column • Theodosius I's Second Obelisk • Tiberius' Goblet • Titus' Quadriga • Vespasian's Bisellium • Vitellius' Plate
Enemies
23 Blades from the Assassination of Julius Caesar • Attila the Hun's Battle Helmet • Attila the Hun's Swaddling Blanket • Boudica's Helmet • Brutus' Dagger • Cleopatra's Perfume Jar • Halotus' Poisoned Feather • Hannibal Bacra of Carthage's Elephant Tusk • Lawrence of Rome’s Gridiron • Locusta’s Vials • Mark Antony's Roman Aquila • Mithridates VI of Pontus' Cup • Nails from the Crucifixion of St. Peter • Saint Sebastian’s Arrow • The Vase of Zenobia • Vercingetorix’s Spear
Miscellaneous
Galla Placidia’s Gold Glass Medallion • Josephus' Papyrus • Herod the Great's Sword • John the Cappadocian’s Golden Tessera • Julia Agrippina's Chalice • Julius Asclepiodotus’ Shield Boss • Justa Grata Honoria’s Engagement Ring • Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus’ Plow • Lucius Tarquinius Superbus' Stick • The Romulus Amulet • Serenus Sammonicus' Abracadabra Amulet