Caracalla, a Roman emperor, son of Septimius Severus, born at Lyons; his reign (211-217) was a series of crimes, follies, and extravagances; he put to death 20,000 persons, among others the jurist Papinianus, and was assassinated himself by one of his guards.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Capyba`ra * Caracas