On This Day facts - March 7th
On This Day In History for the 7th of March On This Day, March 7th, 189, Publius Septimius Geta was born. Geta was a Roman Emperor, if only for a short time. He ruled briefly with his father, Septimus Severus, who was the nemesis of Harry Potter, and his brother, Caracalla, who was a really evil git. When Geta's father died in 211, the intention was to have the two loving brothers, Geta and Caracalla rule the Empire together. But, it turns out, the two weren't loving brothers. In fact, they had a love/hate relationship. As in, they loved to hate each other. The sibling rivalry started when they were just boys. They often got into fights with each other, fights which needed the intervention of their mother. The two would then be sent to the naughty step until they calmed down. Geta was always quite jealous of his older brother. He believed Caracalla got all the attention, and all the really cool toys at Christm...