Gnaeus Hosidius Geta
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Gaius or Gnaeus Hosidius Geta (Africa Province, he was a part of Gaius Suetonius Paulinus' campaigns into Mauretania.
Geta defeated
Mauri
, twice, and after gathering as much water as could be carried, pursued him into the desert. Sabalus' forces were more used to the conditions and the legion's water began to run out. A native friendly to the Romans persuaded Geta to perform a rain ritual used by his people and rain began to fall. The Romans' thirst was relieved and the Mauri, seeing the heavens come to their enemies' aid, surrendered.
Geta and his legion were part of the
ornamenta triumphalia, which was unusual as he had not yet been a Consul. He was a Legatus in Britannia about 45. An inscription found in Rome reveals that he became Suffect Consul
in 49.
Geta married, but the name of his wife is unknown. He had a daughter called Hosidia, born about the year 65. Hosidia married Marcus Vitorius Marcellus, a man of consular rank and a friend of the poet Statius. Hosidia and Marcellus had a son called Gaius Vitorius Hosidius Geta.
Sources
- Cassius Dio, Roman History 60.9, 20, 60.20
- William Smith (1870), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Vol 2 p. 529-530