Reconstruction of bust of Roman emperor Caracalla.
Looks Middle Eastern/ African maybe even Greek. Interesting post.
His father, the emperor Septimius Severus, was North African (the first African emperor of Rome!), and his mother, Julia Domna, was Syrian, from a wealthy priestly family
#rome was a multiethnic empire
Yep! Septimius Severus was born in what is now Libya. (X)
That Roman Empire was a real big place!
I don't want to be that person but...










