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  Publius Septimius Geta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Publius Septimius Geta (March 7, 189–December 211), was a Roman Emperor co-ruling with his father Septimius Severus and his older brother Caracalla from 209 to his death.
Geta was born in Rome, at a time when his father was only a provincial governor at the service of emperor Commodus.
Geta was always in a place secondary to his older brother Lucius, the heir known as Caracalla.
www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Publius_Septimius_Geta   (486 words)

  
 Roman Emperors - DIR Geta
Publius Septimius Geta was the younger son of the emperor Septimius Severus.
Geta was born 7 March 189 in Rome, where his family was resident in between provincial governorships held by Severus under the emperor Commodus.
Geta, however, saw his authority as being truly equal with that of his brother, and the two were barely on speaking terms during the long trip back to Rome.
www.roman-emperors.org /geta.htm   (768 words)

  
 Geta (footwear) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geta (下駄) are Japanese wooden footwear resembling clogs.
They are worn with traditional Japanese clothing such as kimono or yukata, but are also worn with Western clothing by Japanese people during the summer months.
Geta are often thought of as informal footwear, and are often worn with yukata during the summer, but geta also replace other types of sandals during rainy weather or snow, as they help to keep the feet dry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geta_(footwear)   (249 words)

  
 Geta
Publius Septimius Geta was born in AD 189 in Rome, as the younger son of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna.
Geta's elevation to Caesar took place in AD 198, in the same year in which Caracalla should be made Augustus.
Their bodyguards in a constant state of alert, both living in everlasting fear of being poisoned, Caracalla and Geta came to the conclusion that their only way of living as joint emperors was to divide the empire.
www.roman-empire.net /decline/geta.html   (1072 words)

  
 Geta, Roman Imperial Coins of, at WildWinds.com
Geta, as Caesar, Æ 23 of Bagis, Lydia.
Geta, as Caesar, Æ 24mm of Heliopolis in Syria.
Geta Æ 24mm of Nikopolis Seleukidis in Syria.
www.wildwinds.com /coins/ric/geta/i.html   (3141 words)

  
 Publius Septimius Geta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Publius Septimius Geta (189–211), was the younger son of Roman emperor Septimius Severus by his second wife Julia Domna.
Geta was born on March 7, 189 in Rome, when his father was only a provincial governor at the service of emperor Commodus.
Geoffrey of Monmouth claims that Geta was raised to the kingship of the Britons by the Roman legions still occupying York.
www.medicaliterature.com /Publius_Septimius_Geta.wik   (405 words)

  
 GETA Lab Programs
The GETA Lab is a wonderful asset to the Guadalupe community.
GETA has made measurable accomplishments, but the struggle for a better-educated and higher-skilled community is a constant, ongoing effort.
GETA is working to make the Community Computer Lab an effective, professional non-profit organization whose contributions and outcomes can be replicated in other economically disadvantaged areas.
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 Hosidius Geta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Geta followed the advice, and so much rain fell that the enemy sued for peace, certain that heaven, itself, was on the side of the Romans.
Hosidius Geta who was promoted to the consulship in the mid 40s, together with T. Flavius Sabinus, Vespasian's older brother, who also had fought at the Medway.
Hosidius Geta might be the subject of this inscription, did campaign in Mauretania, could be the legionary legate who served with Plautius (or perhaps it was his brother), and was consul.
itsa.ucsf.edu /~snlrc/britannia/boudica/hosidiusgeta.html   (496 words)

  
 Make your own geta, part II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Geta tend to be shorter than you might expect.
Remember that authentic geta have no left and right so the sole is about one and one-half times the width of your foot, typically 45% of the length.
The goal here is that if you tip the geta forward so that the front edge hits the ground, then the sole will be at a 25 degree angle.
www.egeorgeonline.com /getapage/plans2.htm   (892 words)

  
 Geta - Roman Emperor
Geta was named after Severus' father and was only eleven months younger than his brother, Caracalla.
Geta however was eventually given the title Caesar by his father and publicly promoted.
Official restoration of Geta's reputation came with the arrival of the emperor Elagabalus to Rome in 219, when Geta's remains were put into the Mausoleum of Hadrian to join those of his father and brother.
www.unrv.com /emperors/geta.php   (709 words)

  
 Genetic and Environmental Toxicology Association Home Page
GETA was formed in 1979 to promote the acquisition of knowledge, to encourage research, and facilitate communication related to environmental and genetic toxicology among interested persons in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California.
GETA sponsors 3 scientific meetings per year ranging from presentations by invited speakers to workshops and brief discussions of research results by members.
GETA and the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Toxicology (NorCal SOT) are hosting a day-long symposium entitled, “Stem Cell Application in Pharmacology and Toxicology”.
www.ems-us.org /geta   (1033 words)

  
 Geta
Such is the situation with Publius Septimius Geta, the younger son of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna.
Geta is held by some as a 'good' character simply because this theory contrasts nicely with the 'evil' Caracalla.
There are a few twin bust coins showing the Geta portrait erased from the die but the vast number of Geta coins surviving suggests that this measure was not widely or successfully applied to coins.
dougsmith.ancients.info /geta.html   (969 words)

  
 Geta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Though they had coins minted in their names proclaiming Agreement between the emperors, they each occupied separate areas of the palace and each was constantly on the lookout for treachery from the other.
Geta was a favorite of the soldiers, having been popular when he had his father were on the march with them in Britain and elsewhere.
The blood of Geta was to haunt Caracalla for the rest of his life, eventually driving him to become a cruel, insane emperor who murdered many innocent people.
users2.ev1.net /~legionary/mainevent/coins/Geta.html   (305 words)

  
 Geta imitations
Imitations of coins of Geta are distinctly scarcer than imitations of Severus, Caracalla, or Julia Domna, but probably in proportion to the abundance of their official coins.
This is an imitation of Geta's first issue which was struck with the praenomen "Lucius" (note the "L").
The hairdo is large, the figure of Geta standing is crude, and the "trophy" looks more like a giant plant with branches poking up from it..
esty.ancients.info /imit/imitgeta.html   (369 words)

  
 geta shoe definition for footwear industry
Geta (下駄) is a pair of Japanese raised wooden
A clog thong is attached to the base wooden board, "dai"=stand (台), that the foot is set upon, and it divides the toes of the foot between the big toe and next largest toe.
Geta are most often seen these days on the feet of sumo wrestlers.
www.apparelsearch.com /definitions/Clothing/geta_shoe_definition.htm   (288 words)

  
 North Coast Journal - JUNE 1, 2000: COVER STORY
Geta refers to Fieldbrook, her home of 35 years, as "God's country." Endowed with a love of gardening and painting, she seems to have found the recipe for happiness and living life to its fullest.
Geta describes the inspiration for her watercolor floral still lifes and garden scenes as "strong light and vivid color." Relating the tranquillity she experiences in her work as she arranges her flowers, composes her still lifes and ultimately as she paints, Geta hopes that viewers of her work will "get that same sense of peace."
Geta began her floral wonderland and career as a watercolor painter a little late in life.
www.northcoastjournal.com /060100/cover0601.html   (2123 words)

  
 Marble inscription with damnatio memoriae of Geta, son of Septimius Severus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The names of Geta and Plautilla (Caracalla's wife) were erased after Geta's murder and Plautilla's execution following her implication in plots against Caracalla.
Caracalla and Geta were bitter rivals and their attempt to partition rather than share the empire after the death of their father was only narrowly thwarted by their mother.
Geta, Plautilla and others suffered damnatio memoriae; their names were expunged from all official records and inscriptions and their statues and all images of them were destroyed.
www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /compass/ixbin/goto?id=OBJ3068   (197 words)

  
 ANS: The Rivalry of Caracalla and Geta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This countermarked coin of Stratonicea in Caria, now Southwest Turkey, illustrates the rivalry between the Caracalla and Geta, the sons of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus (193-211).
Caracalla and Geta were 23 and 22 respectively when their father died.
Many coins with Geta's portrait obscured have survived and show the force, if not the wisdom, of imperial command at this time.
www.amnumsoc.org /exhibits/featured/getacaracalla.html   (268 words)

  
 Japanese Culture - Costume - Footwear
Geta are raised wooden clogs that are worn with the informal yukata.
Geta are made from a flat piece of wood on two slats (called ha, or teeth) that raise the sole part 4-5cm off the ground.
Both geta and zori are held on the feet by a hanao (thong), which is usually fl for men and red for women.
www.japan-zone.com /culture/footwear.shtml   (804 words)

  
 Geta (Geta-Shop, AKAI-HANAO-NO-JOJO)
Wearing Geta is known to be very beneficial for the health of your feet because of the way they help the arch of the foot to form, or shape, properly.
From historical times in Japan, these geta have been very much appreciated as a gift given to a child and symbolic of a prayer for that child to be able to walk in good health all their life.
Usually, these geta were worn at an ironworks or an engine room in a ship to protect feet from iron scraps or engine oil.
www.karankoron.com /online_shop_geta.html   (1534 words)

  
 Online Shop Top (Geta-Shop, AKAI-HANAO-NO-JOJO )
Recently the geta has made a come-back because of its popularity among young Japanese as well as tourists and foreigners.
In this case this geta style is called, gNewa-getah meaning ggarden-getah.
This geta style isnft made in Japan very much so if someone has this style it will attract a great deal of attention.
www.karankoron.com /online_shop_top.html   (794 words)

  
 The Geta Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Everyday geta are about 2 inches (5 cm) tall, these are about twice that height -- they are sometimes called "ashida" which means rain geta/clogs although most rain geta have thinner ha as shown in the next photo.
Perhaps the strangest of all are the "tengu" or ippon-ba (one tooth) geta.
Although the tengu is mythical, the tengu geta are made and sold being described as for "mountain men and priests." I read a comment once that they're good for walking in swampy areas because the mud doesn't get stuck between the two ha like regular geta.
www.egeorgeonline.com /getapage   (736 words)

  
 Caracalla and Geta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
About this coin: After murdering Geta, Caracalla ordered all coins and statues of his brother to be destroyed.
The guard stuck a knife into Caracalla while he was relieving his bowels, then tried to escape on horseback; but another of Caracalla's guards nailed him with a javelin.
The historian Herodian portrays Geta as virtue incarnate and Caracalla as a pure brute without redeeming virtues, which might explain why he was so popular with the military.
www.electriciti.com /garstang/emperors/carandgeta.htm   (758 words)

  
 Home page of Geta Finlayson Jewelley of South Africa
It is this link with the ocean which inspires Geta to incorporate pieces of iridescent abalone shell interspersed with pearls between gold and silver creations.
Geta obtained her B.A. Degree in Art at the University of Stellenbosch and then furthered her studies in Germany.
Geta travels to the East annually to hand-pick pearls to use in combination with abalone shells for her creations.
www.geta.co.za   (200 words)

  
 Get-a Geta's Getaya
A 24 centimeter geta is considered in Japan to fit a foot size from 24 1/2 up to 26 1/2 cm.
These geta are made in China and are a lighter color, softer wood than paulonia.
Of course geta are not everyday wear, but there are still quite a few shops that sell them, probably a lot to tourists.
www.geocities.com /getageta/getaya.htm   (673 words)

  
 <Join Us>   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 Geta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
or P. Septimius Geta was the youngest son of Severus and Julia Domna.
He was born at Rome in 189 A.D. The title of Caesar was given to him in 198 when his brother, Caracalla, was raised to the rank of Augustus.
In 209 A.D. he was created Augustus during the course of the British expedition, being the clear intention of Severus that his sons should inherit the throne jointly.
www.notaras4history.com /geta.htm   (153 words)

  
 Geta Sandals
The wooden geta sandal is the most well known by Americans for the beautiful pictures seen of geisha women.
Geta sandals are not easy for some people to walk on and takes practice to walk correctly.
The geta sandals shown on the right have a separate heel thus are called geta.
www.japanesekimono.com /geta.htm   (178 words)

  
 Riley Collection: Roman Children: Young Man
Publius Septimius Geta (or Antoninus Geta) was the younger son of the emperor Septimius Severus (reigned A.D. 193-211) and Julia Domna.
After his brother's death, Caracalla tried to obliterate the memory of Geta by destroying his portraits, melting the coins on which he was depicted, and having his name erased from public monuments.
The Riley head is especially close to the figure of Geta carved in high relief on the Concordia panel of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Lepcis Magna, Severus' home town.
www.vroma.org /~riley/iuvenis/portrait_cc.html   (562 words)

  
 Geta - Japanese Platform Shoes
The reason for wear these very high platform shoes was not for fashion, but for very practical reasons.
Geta are made of one piece of solid wood forming the sole and two wooden blocks underneath.
These block may have a metal plate on the section that touches the ground in order to lengthen the life span of the Geta.
www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /fashion/geta_clogs.html   (157 words)

  
 Geta
Geta, Caracalla's brother and son of Septimius Severus, served as Caesar from 198 until his father's death in 211.
Tricking Geta into a feigned peace summit to be convened on the neutral grounds of their mother's residence, Geta was instead ambushed by a detachment of Caracalla's troops and cold-heartedly slain as he desperately sought refuge in his mother's arms.
Rev: PONTIFTRPIICOSII Exe: SC - Geta and Caracalla standing left, each raising hand and holding a spear; three soldiers in background and seated captive to lower left.
www.dirtyoldcoins.com /natto/id/geta.htm   (2330 words)

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