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PUBLIUS SEPTIMIUS GETA (189-212)

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PUBLIUS SEPTIMIUS

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GETA (189-212)  , younger son of the
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Roman
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emperor Septimius
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Severus, was
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born at
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Mediolanum (
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Milan) . In 198 he received the
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title of
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Caesar, and in 209 those of Imperator and
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Augustus . Between him and his
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brother Caracail , there existed from their
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early years a keen rivalry and antipathy . On the
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death of their
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father in 211 they were proclaimed
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joint emperors; and after the failure of a proposed arrangement for the
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division of the
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empire,
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Caracalla pretended a
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desire for reconciliation . He arranged a
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meeting with his brother in his
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mother's apartments, and had him murdered in her arms by some centurions . Dio
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Cassius lxxvii . 2; Spartianus, Caracalla, 2; Herodian iv . 1 .

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