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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...

Fun Facts About the Emperor Caracalla As Evil Emperors go, Caracalla is probably one of the worst, most evil emperors you'll ever come across. This guy was not just bad. Not just evil. He was total Whacko-Jacko, Someone-Didn't-Eat-Their-Greens-As-A-Kid evil. 1. Caracalla was Emperor between the 16th September 198 and the 8th April 217. 2. Caracalla was the eldest son of Septimius Severus , who was most famous for killing Dumbledore in an elaborate plan that shocked the Potter world to its core. Caracalla spent most of his youth and early adult life learning to cope with his father's betrayal of Harry Potter's mentor, and so he managed his anger by perfecting the evil art of puppy-kicking. This meant, when he finally became Emperor, he had all the training required to be an evil git. 3. Caracalla was made Emperor in the year 198, whilst his father was still alive.  You'd think be...