Publius Septimius Geta was born in Rome on March 7, 189, by eleven months the younger brother of Caracalla and the son of the future Emperor Septimius Severus (first of the soldier emperors) and his wife Julia Domna (great-aunt of Elagabalus). Geta's Rise to Power With the Help of Julia Domna: Geta's
older brother Caracalla was made Caesar in 195, but Geta had to wait
for elevation to Caesar until 198 when Caracalla was made Augustus. In
205 Geta and Caracalla were consuls together although |