Aurelius Victor: Caracalla dies beside Edessa, on a tour of Syria, after a reign of six years.; Cassius Dio: On 8 April, on the road from Edessa to…
Caracalla dies beside Edessa, on a tour of Syria, after a reign of six years.
Quibus confectis, cum Syriam circumgrederetur, apud Edessam anno potentiae sexto moritur.
Location: Aur. Vict. Caes. 21.5
On 8 April, on the road from Edessa to Carrhae, Antoninus dismounted to relieve himself and Martialis stabbed him with a dagger, after which his escort officers finished him off
On the eighth of April, when the emperor had set out from Edessa for Carrhae and had dismounted from his horse to ease himself, Martialis approached as though…
Location: 79(78).5.4
Caracalla dies near Edessa in Osrhoene while preparing a Parthian campaign and is buried with a state funeral.
Defunctus est in Osdroena apud Edessam moliens adversum Parthos expeditionem anno imperii sexto, mense secundo, vix egressus quadragesimum tertium annum.
Location: Eutr. 8.20
Martialis stabs Caracalla from behind as he steps away alone to relieve himself, and kills him. The prefect Macrinus had arranged it.
Location: 4.13
On the way to Carrhae, he dismounts to urinate and is assassinated by his bodyguards in a plot by the praetorian prefect Macrinus (date per Carac. 6.6: eight days before the Ides of April)
Occisus est autem in medio itinere inter Carrhas et Edessam, cum levandae vesicae gratia ex equo descendisset atque inter protectores suos, coniuratos caedis…
Location: Carac. 7.1
A and B are two of the sources listed above.
| On what point | Source A | Source B | What differs (in Korean) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Eutropius, Breviarium | Historia Augusta | a는 에데사 근처에서 죽음, b는 카라이 가는 길에서 암살 |