Nel Tondo della famiglia dei Severi, with portraits of Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla, and Geta. La faccia di Geta è stata cancellata, a causa della damnatio memoriae ordinata da suo fratello ed assassino, Caracalla.
Geta fu sempre posto in secondo piano rispetto al suo fratello più vecchio, Lucio, meglio conosciuto come Caracalla. PerhapsForse due toper thisquesto, the relationsrelazioni betweentra thei twodue werefurono difficultdifficili from their early yearsdall'infanzia. ConflictsI wereconflitti constanterano andcostanti oftene requiredspesso therichiedevano mediationla ofmdiazione theirdella mothermadre. ToPer appeaseplacare hisil youngestfiglio sonpiù giovane, SeptimiusSettimio SeverusSevero gavediede a Geta theil titletitolo ofdi AugustusAugusto innel 209. DuringDurante thela campaigncampagna againstcontro thei BritonsBritanni ofdell'inizio theIII early 3rd centurysecolo, the imperialla propaganda publicizedimperiale apublicizzava happyuna familyfamiglia thatfelice sharedche thedivideva le responsibilitiesresponsibilità ofdel rulepotere. Caracalla was his father's second in command, Julia Domna the trusted counsellor and Geta had administrative and bureaucratic duties. Truth was that the rivalry and antipathy between the brothers was far from being improved.
When Septimius Severus died in York in the beginning of 211, Caracalla and Geta were proclaimed joint emperors and returned to Rome. Caracalla soon had his brother killed.
