Dr. Alex Imrie

And as part of that, Geta is condemned as somebody who plotted against him, somebody who looked to overthrow him. And so the act of damnatio memoria, extreme as it is, is politically consistent.

And as part of that, Geta is condemned as somebody who plotted against him, somebody who looked to overthrow him. And so the act of damnatio memoria, extreme as it is, is politically consistent.

And that was one of many. That is probably one of my favourite images from the Severan era as well. It's actually my laptop's desktop background. This is the so-called Berlin Tondo, and it's a relatively small artifact.

And that was one of many. That is probably one of my favourite images from the Severan era as well. It's actually my laptop's desktop background. This is the so-called Berlin Tondo, and it's a relatively small artifact.

And that was one of many. That is probably one of my favourite images from the Severan era as well. It's actually my laptop's desktop background. This is the so-called Berlin Tondo, and it's a relatively small artifact.

It was made in Egypt, but you're right, it has a beautiful family group, or what would have been a beautiful family grouping, except for the smudged-out face, conspicuously smudged-out face of Geta in the bottom left field. But we still have the neck and shoulders. It's just a conspicuous rubbing out of the face. And I think I'm right. I've said this before, I think, in other places.

It was made in Egypt, but you're right, it has a beautiful family group, or what would have been a beautiful family grouping, except for the smudged-out face, conspicuously smudged-out face of Geta in the bottom left field. But we still have the neck and shoulders. It's just a conspicuous rubbing out of the face. And I think I'm right. I've said this before, I think, in other places.

It was made in Egypt, but you're right, it has a beautiful family group, or what would have been a beautiful family grouping, except for the smudged-out face, conspicuously smudged-out face of Geta in the bottom left field. But we still have the neck and shoulders. It's just a conspicuous rubbing out of the face. And I think I'm right. I've said this before, I think, in other places.

I think I'm right that chemical analysis has showed that dung or feces might even have been used to erase the face of Geta on that image. So it's a double insult. It's a double condemnation. If they can denigrate as well as erase, they choose to do so. And as a final marker of Caracalla's wrath, He doesn't deify Geta.

I think I'm right that chemical analysis has showed that dung or feces might even have been used to erase the face of Geta on that image. So it's a double insult. It's a double condemnation. If they can denigrate as well as erase, they choose to do so. And as a final marker of Caracalla's wrath, He doesn't deify Geta.

I think I'm right that chemical analysis has showed that dung or feces might even have been used to erase the face of Geta on that image. So it's a double insult. It's a double condemnation. If they can denigrate as well as erase, they choose to do so. And as a final marker of Caracalla's wrath, He doesn't deify Geta.

Geta doesn't initially get made a god in the way that some previous Roman emperors have been made. Instead, Caracalla seems to keep offering sacrifices to the manes or to the departed spirits of Geta. Now, you might think that sounds like a relatively nice move, but what it does is it basically locks Geta's soul in the underworld and stops him from becoming a god in his own right.

Geta doesn't initially get made a god in the way that some previous Roman emperors have been made. Instead, Caracalla seems to keep offering sacrifices to the manes or to the departed spirits of Geta. Now, you might think that sounds like a relatively nice move, but what it does is it basically locks Geta's soul in the underworld and stops him from becoming a god in his own right.

Geta doesn't initially get made a god in the way that some previous Roman emperors have been made. Instead, Caracalla seems to keep offering sacrifices to the manes or to the departed spirits of Geta. Now, you might think that sounds like a relatively nice move, but what it does is it basically locks Geta's soul in the underworld and stops him from becoming a god in his own right.

So even then, it's petty and it's cruel.

So even then, it's petty and it's cruel.

So even then, it's petty and it's cruel.