Geta
Geta: emperor of the Roman world (211).
Names:
- 27 May 189: Publius Septimius Geta
- Autumn 197: Publius Septimius Geta Caesar
- Autumn 209: Imperator Caesar Publius Septimius Geta Augustus
- 4 February 211: Imperator Caesar Publius Septimius Geta Augustus
- 19 December 211: murdered by Caracalla
Successor of: Lucius Septimius Severus
Relatives:
- father: Lucius Septimius Severus
- mother: Julia Domna
Early career
- 189 Born in Milan
- 197 Proclaimed caesar
- 205 Consul (with his brother Caracalla II)
- 208 Consul II (with Caracalla III)
- 209 Made Augustus
Main deeds
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Julia Domna, Septimius Severus, Geta (erased), and Caracalla - Damnatio memoriae
Links
- biography included in the Historia Augusta,
- Cassius Dio's Roman History (Book 77 and 78)
- Herodian's History of the Roman Empire (Book 3 and 4)