

The Roman Empire: From Augustus to the Fall of Rome
From Commodus to Caracalla
TV-G
S1 • E12 Sep 19, 2019 30mMarcus Aurelius may have been a wise philosopher, but he didn't act wisely when appointing his son Commodus as heir; who turned out to be a throwback to the megalomania of Caligula and Nero. Emperor Septimius Severus provided a short period of stability, but his son, Caracalla, was yet another unbalanced ruler.