Caracalla
Son of the emperor Septimius Severus, was notorious for his cruelties. He killed his brother Geta in his mother's arms, and attempted to destroy the writings of Aristotle. After a life made odious by his vices he was assassinated, A. D. 217, in the forty-third year of his age. The historian Gibbon calls him "the common enemy of mankind."
Carthago (Carthage). A celebrated city of Africa, the rival of Rome, and for a long period the capital of the country, and mistress of Spain, Sicily, and Sardinia. The time of its foundation is unknown, but it seems to be agreed that it was built by Dido about 869 years before the Christian era, or, according to some writers, 72 or 73 years before the foundation of Rome. It had reached its highest glory in the days of Hamilcar and Hannibal.
Casca, P. Servilius. Tribune of the plebs, в. c. 44, and one of Caesar's assassins.
Caspium Mare (The Caspian Sea). A great saltwater lake in Asia. Probably at some remote period the Caspian was united both with the sea of Aral and with the Arctic Ocean. Both lakes have their surface considerably below that of the Euxine or Black Sea, the Caspian nearly 350 feet , and the Aral about 200 feet, and both and both are still sinking by evaporation.