028a. Geta

Caesar 198 - 209
Co-Augustus (under Septimius Severus) 209 - 211
Co-Augustus (with Caracalla) 211

Killed by forces of his brother Caracalla. Legend has it that he died in his mother's arms. After his death, Caracalla conducted a purge of Geta's supporters, killing thousands; although perhaps exaggerated, Cassius Dio claims 20,000 were killed. Although historians generally treat Geta as an innocent victim, the enmity between him and his brother suggests that it might have been a matter of who eliminated whom first.