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Message:: [QUOTE="Shea19, post: 7803715, member: 90981"]Yes, great point, I agree. I think that part of what makes the two of them so interesting is that their story really does read like a movie script, but so much about their relationship is lost to history.  I always find it a little surprising that there aren't any awful stories about Geta that have survived (even if completely false and made up by Caracalla supporters).  On some level, I wonder if Caracalla's damnatio memoriae may have actually benefited Geta's reputation in history in the long run.  With so much of Geta's story erased from history, he ends up being reduced to the role of "the Victim."  This obviously makes him much more sympathetic, because nobody likes to blame "the victim." In reality, Geta may have been just as bad as his brother, and probably played a big role in his own fate. The only other Providentia Deorum reverse in my collection is this denarius of Lucius Verus (which I've shared many times).  Unlike Caracalla and Geta, Lucius was apparently able to put his ego aside, accept his role, and work well with his co-emperor.  Had Geta been more like Lucius, things may have worked out differently for him  (or maybe not, we'll never know). [ATTACH=full]1340219[/ATTACH]Lucius Verus, AR Denarius (17 mm, 3.08 g), Rome, 161-162. Bareheaded bust of Lucius Verus to r./Rev. Providentia standing front, holding globe in her r. hand and cornucopia with her l. RIC 482 (Marcus Aurelius).[/QUOTE]