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Question about a Roman name
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I am curious to know more about the name "Geta" used by Romans (like that of brother of Caracalla).
As far as i know this is the singular for Getae (Dacians) and the meaning will be so "the Getian".

I will really apreciate if someone know when this name appeared to be used first in Rome

I saw as well the idea that the name "Got/Goth/Goths" appearead and was start to be used in Dacian areas soon after Caracalla imposed a "damnatio memoriae" for his brother Geta, so Got was a replacement for Get, as Caracalla forbid the use of Get/Geta/Getae, names that remind about his brother.
Razvan A.
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Question about a Roman name - by diegis - 03-12-2012, 12:10 PM
Re: Question about a Roman name - by diegis - 03-12-2012, 02:49 PM
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Re: Question about a Roman name - by Sean Manning - 03-12-2012, 10:24 PM
Re: Question about a Roman name - by Nathan Ross - 03-12-2012, 11:29 PM
Re: Question about a Roman name - by D B Campbell - 03-13-2012, 12:03 AM
Re: Question about a Roman name - by diegis - 03-13-2012, 12:23 AM
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