Geta

Roman emperor

Born 7 March AD 189 · died 26 December AD 211, aged 22
Also known as Publius Septimius Geta, Lucius Septimius Bassianus, Geta Publius Septimius

Who was alive at the same time as Geta?

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When Geta was born, Septimius Severus was 42 or 43, Caracalla was under a year old, Commodus was 27, Didius Julianus was 55 or 56 and Pertinax was 62.

When Geta died, Plotinus was 5 or 6, Caracalla was 23, Elagabalus was 8, Severus Alexander was 3 and Decius was 9 or 10.

Born during Geta’s lifetime: Plotinus, Elagabalus, Pope Dionysius, Diophantus, Severus Alexander, Decius, Philip the Arab and Valerian.

Not quite contemporaries: Marcus Aurelius died about 9 years before Geta was born, Lucian died about 7 years before Geta was born, Aurelian was born about 3 years after Geta died and Pope Sixtus II was born about a year after Geta died.

What happened in Geta’s lifetime

Battle of Red Cliffs AD 208Geta was 18 or 19

Where Geta’s contemporaries were born

Geta is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (39 of 47 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Geta: Rome
Pertinax: Alba
Irenaeus: İzmir
Didius Julianus: Mediolanum
Septimius Severus: Leptis Magna
Nagarjuna: South India
Clement of Alexandria: Athens
Commodus: Lanuvium
Macrinus: Cherchell
Maximinus Thrax: Thrace
Saint Valentine: Terni
Pope Cornelius: Rome
Origen: Alexandria
Caracalla: Lugdunum
Pope Dionysius: Roman Empire
Diophantus: Alexandria
Valerian: Roman Empire
Decius: Martinci
Philip the Arab: Shahba
Elagabalus: Rome
Plotinus: Asyut
Severus Alexander: Tell Arqa
Gordian I: Phrygia
Ardashir I: Istakhr
Aemilianus: Djerba
Tacitus: Terni
Trebonianus Gallus: Perugia
Hippolytus of Rome: Anatolia
Cecilia of Rome: Rome
Zhuge Liang: Yinan County
Ulpian: Tyre
Guan Yu: Yanhu District
Clodius Albinus: Hadrumetum
Cao Pi: Bozhou
Sun Quan: Zhejiang
Herodian: Roman Empire
Papinian: Homs
Dionysius of Alexandria: Alexandria
Sextus Julius Africanus: Aelia Capitolina

Compare Geta

The 46 best-known contemporaries

46 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Geta. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 200.

Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
Elagabalus AD 203 – AD 222
Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
Severus Alexander AD 208 – AD 235
Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
Decius AD 201 – AD 251
Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
Gordian II 190s – AD 238
Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
Cecilia of Rome c. AD 200 – c. AD 230
Diadumenian AD 208 – AD 218
Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240