Murder of Geta

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The Murder of Geta was the 211 AD assassination of the Roman co-emperor Geta by his brother Caracalla, a pivotal act of dynastic violence that reshaped the Severan dynasty’s rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf assassination
dynastic conflict
historical event
political killing
follows death of Septimius Severus
hasAftermath political terror under Caracalla
widespread purges in Rome
hasApproximateDate late December 211
hasCause Caracalla’s desire for sole rule
power struggle between Caracalla and Geta
rivalry between co-emperors
hasCoConspirator Julia Domna
hasConsequence consolidation of Caracalla’s autocratic power
damnatio memoriae of Geta
erasure of Geta’s name from inscriptions
intensification of instability within the Severan dynasty
massacre of Geta’s supporters
removal of Geta’s images from monuments
hasContext Severan dynasty succession crisis
hasDate 211
December 211
hasDynasticContext Severan dynasty
hasFamilyRelationContext conflict between sons of Septimius Severus
hasHistoricalSource Cassius Dio’s Roman History
Herodian's History of the Roman Empire
surface form: Herodian’s History of the Roman Empire

Historia Augusta
hasImmediateConsequence Caracalla became sole Roman emperor
end of joint rule of Caracalla and Geta
hasLegalCharacterization fratricide
hasLocation House of Augustus on the Palatine
surface form: Imperial palace on the Palatine Hill

Rome
hasManner attack by soldiers loyal to Caracalla
killing in a supposed reconciliation meeting
hasMemorialization referenced in Roman historiography as an example of dynastic violence
hasPerpetrator Caracalla
hasPerpetratorRole Roman co-emperor
later sole emperor
hasPoliticalNature imperial succession dispute
hasRelationTo Septimius Severus
surface form: reign of Septimius Severus
hasSetting private audience arranged by Julia Domna
hasVictim Geta
hasVictimRole Roman co-emperor
isPartOf history of Roman imperial assassinations
history of the Roman Empire
precedes sole reign of Caracalla

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Severan dynasty notableEvent Murder of Geta
Caracalla notableAction Murder of Geta
this entity surface form: ordered the murder and damnatio memoriae of his brother Geta