*SPOILER* Question about the “ear” scene
Was the green stuff oozing out of Caracalla‘s ear poison that was contained in the silver nail-like thing or was it to insinuate that his venerial disease had reached his brain and had caused some form of infection and what spurted out was pus?
Geta does allude to the possibility of infection, something about the disease of his brother’s loins having reached his brain….