Caracalla
Caracalla, born Lucius Septimius Bassianus and later known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, was Roman emperor from 198 to 217 AD, first as co-emperor with his father Septimius Severus and then as sole ruler after 211 AD. He is best known for the Constitutio Antoniniana, or Edict of Caracalla, issued in 212 AD, which granted full Roman citizenship to all free inhabitants of the empire except the dediticii. His reign also included the construction of the Baths of Caracalla, the introduction of the antoninianus currency, and a campaign against the Parthian Empire that ended with his assassination in 217 AD.
“Imagine if the British at the time of the peak of the empire bestowed British citizenship on everyone, including in India, and suddenly made positions of power in London available to people from India. Like, including the throne.”
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