was there ever a black emperor of rome
It was Bob Marley who sang that â2000 years of history could not be wiped away so easily.â. Lucius Septimius Bassianus (April 4, 188 â April 8, 217), commonly known as Caracalla, was a Black Roman Emperor who ruled from 211 to 217. Caracalla was the eldest son of Septimius Severus, the first black African-born Emperor of Rome. But before Septimius Severus, there had been other Roman-born black Emperors of Rome. This story of the other black emperors of Rome will be explored in another write-up, but for now we focus on Caracalla. Unlike his father Septimius Severus, Caracalla was born and raised in Italy.