Trump’s Gulf tour – Mondoweiss

The Roman Emperor Caracalla was known as one of the cruelest and most unstable of Rome’s leaders. His reputation was based not only on his treatment of his own people, but also on his travels to the eastern margins of the empire, where he led a series of massacres against the Parthians, an ancient people of the Persian Gulf who Caracalla sought to subdue. 

It didn’t end well for Rome. The Parthians defeated the Roman legions, Rome was forced to pay reparations, and Caracalla…