Marble portrait of the emperor Caracalla, Severan, A.D. 212–217, Roman, Marble, H. 14 1/4 in. ( 36.2 cm), Stone Sculpture, Caracalla took the official name of M. Aurelius Antoninus Pius as part of the Severan dynasty’s attempt to appear as the legitimate and worthy successors of the secondcentury Antonine emperors. Despite this, in his official portraiture, he abandoned the luxuriant hair and beard of his predecessors for a military style characterized by closely cropped curls and a stubble beard
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Marble portrait, emperor Caracalla, Severan, .D, 212–217, Roman, Marble, H, 14 1/4, 36.2 cm, Stone Sculpture, Caracalla, official name, M, Aurelius Antoninus Pius, part, Severan dynasty, attempt, legitimate, worthy successors, secondcentury Antonine, emperors, portraiture, abandoned, luxuriant hair, beard, predecessors, military style, characterized, closely cropped, curls, stubble beard
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