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Publius Septimius Geta (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ t ə / GHET-ə; 7 March 189 – 26 December 211) was Roman emperor with his father Septimius Severus and older brother Caracalla from 209 to 211. . Severus died in February 211 and intended for his sons to rule together, but they proved incapable of sharing power, culminating with the murder of Geta in December of that ye
161–169) the previous century, relations were hostile between the two Severan brothers [1]: 211 , and soon after their father's death Geta was murdered by his brother Caracalla [1]: 1350 . Geta was murdered in their mother's apartments, and died clung to his mother, by order of Caracalla [ 4 ] : 16 , who then ruled as sole emperor.
The emperors Geta and Caracalla were not twins. (Caracalla was about one year older than Geta.) Lucius Verus was Roman emperor from 161 AD until his death in 169 AD, alongside his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius. [136] The character of Lucilla is also based on a real historical figure. The real-life Lucilla was the daughter of Marcus Aurelius ...
Geta and Caracalla were real emperors, and the movie takes place during their joint rule, from 209-211. But not much is known about the brothers and their short reign.
The twins then become enraged and order Lucius and Acacius to fight to the death in the Colosseum. But when Lucius learns Acacius' true aims, he refuses to kill him, so the emperors send in the ...
He begins plotting to turn the twin brothers against each other, and focuses on Caracalla’s insecurity as the weaker leader. He convinces him to kill his own brother, and during the murder ...
"Constitution of Antoninus", also called "Edict of Caracalla" or "Antonine Constitution") was an edict issued in 212 by Caracalla declaring that all free men in the Roman Empire were to be given full Roman citizenship, [28] with the exception of the dediticii, people who had become subject to Rome through surrender in war, and freed slaves.
In the film, those leaders are young twin emperors Caracalla (Fred Hechinger) and Geta (Joseph Quinn). Power-hungry, maniacal, and reckless, they're both loose cannons — but Quinn's Geta is the ...