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8 April AD 217
Caracalla killed
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The emperor Caracalla is dead, assassinated by an officer in his own
bodyguard. The commander of the Praetorian Guard, Macrinus, one of the
plotters against him, succeeds him. Although Caracalla's reign will be
remembered most for its bloodshed, he also leaves Rome one of its most
famous monuments: the Thermae antoninianae or Baths of Caracalla.
The dome of its caldarium – its hot room – is almost as big as that of
the Pantheon. Macrinus himself is killed the following year.
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