How did caracalla kill geta?

Answer 1

Caracalla and Geta had to share the throne with each other. But, they argued about every single thing. So, they had the idea of splitting the empire. Caracalla didn't like that so he decided to murder Geta in the festival of Saturnalia without success. Later, in December, Caracalla had a meeting with his brother in their mother's apartment, and their mother asked the two of them to come without weapons or guards. Caracalla had previously lied to her, telling her that he wanted to make peace with Geta and rule peacefully with him. Their mother believing him, she told them to come to her part of the palace. Caracalla murdered Geta in their mother's arms. Caracalla also had five centurions that he had hired hiding in his mother's apartment. They started to stab Geta to death first, Geta calling to their mother, Julia Domna, to save him. She tried but her hand was injured in the process. Then Caracalla vehemently delivered the final blow to Geta, finally killing him. Geta fell back into Julia Domna's arms and they fell down together. After Caracalla killed him he ran about in the corridors of the palace shouting that Geta had tried to kill him, attempting to make himself seem more innocent. Then Caracalla rushed to the Praetorian camp and beseeched forgiveness from the gods amongst statues of the gods, feeling guilty for his crime. The praetorian guards tried to comfort him and bring him to his feet but he only fell back down. He told them in broken words that Geta had tried to kill him, in which that was a horrendous lie. The next day Caracalla told to the Senate the exact same lie, but they were not convinced by his words because he stumbled and spoke in broken words again. And to make himself feel even more innocent, Caracalla conducted and elaborate funeral for Geta and rewarded the centurions that had supposedly "saved" Caracalla, and in public, too. Fearing that he might be assassinated by Geta's followers, Caracalla put to death 20,000 people just in the city of Rome. But Caracalla felt guilty for his crime the rest of his life. Whenever he heard Geta's name or saw an image of him Caracalla broke into tears. His relationship with Julia Domna after the horrific events remains unclear, but their mother-son bond must have been severely damaged by what had occurred. Not only was the murder sad, but Caracalla's entire life was a tragic tale of violence and betrayal.

That's Sad isn't it.