Ah they and welcome to Emperor's of Rome, a Roman history podcast from Latrobe University.

I'm your host Matt Smith and with me today is Dr Kaylin Davenport, senior lecturer in

Roman history at Macquarie University. This is episode CX I I. I.

Fratricidal discord.

The death of September Severis left a strong line of succession,

with two sons ready to take control of the empire.

There was no love lost between

Karakala and Getta and it would be the Roman Empire that bore the scars of

their relationship. Here's Caitlin Davenport.

Last time we saw Septimius Severus and his two sons, Antoninus and Getta, who were campaigning

in North Britain.

When Septimius Severus died in February 2 11 at York in the north of what is now

England from a case of Gout.

So this meant that he now left his two sons to succeed him and Ninus and Geta and

Septimius Severus told them to enrich the soldiers and forget about everyone else.

Well, that's advice that somebody will take to heart.

So they are quite young men at this point.

They're close in age.

Caracala born 188 and Getta born one year later and 189.

So they're in their early 20s, but there's only a year separating them,

despite the fact that through all his life Antoninus has been preferred to

Getta. I mean he was made Augustus, you know, 10 years before Getta was. You would think

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