Emperor Caracalla (188-217AD) extended Roman citizenship to all free men to raise taxes for pet projects like his baths.
Over 1,600 bathers a day luxuriated in the opulence of this temple to earthly leisure.
Never mind the ruins .....
..... what a splendid tree.
Looking south from Via di Tor Carbone.
The remains of countless mausoleums and tombs line the Via Appia Antica - Phespirit was disappointed that he could not identify the tomb of Seneca among them.
Is it near Paraguayan embassy ..... ?
