Caracalla
[long-mantle ]. Aurelius Antoninus was so called
because he adopted the Gaulish caracalla in preference to the Roman
toga. It was a large, close-fitting, hooded mantle, reaching to the
heels, and slit up before and behind to the waist. Aurelius was himself
born in Gaul, called Caracal in Ossian. (See Curtmantle.)
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