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Maximinus Thrax
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Maximinus Thrax, Emperor of Rome and provinces of the Roman Empire.
Name commonly known as: Maximinus Thrax *** Latin Roman Name: Gaius Iulius Verus Maximinus *** Reigned as Roman Emperor /
Caesar: 20 March 235 - April 238 *** Dynasty / Historical Period:
Crisis of the Third Century - Year of the Six Emperors *** Place and Date of Birth:
Born c. 173 in Thrace (covered parts of Greece, Turkey and
Bulgaria) *** Name of previous Emperor: His predecessor or the Emperor before Maximinus Thrax was
Alexander Severus
Family connections / Genealogy
*** Name of Father and Mother:
Unknown *** Married: Caecilia Paulina *** Children: Gaius Julius Verus
Maximus
Place and Date of Death:
Died April 238 in Aquileia in Italy
*** Name of next Emperor:
The successor to Maximinus Thrax was
Balbinus
and
Pupienus
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Accomplishments, achievements and important events. The previous
emperor, Alexander Severus, was
assassinated by a band of discontented soldiers and Maximin
(aka Maximinus Thrax), a Thracian peasant of great personal
strength, who had risen to a high command in the army, was
raised to the throne. Maximinus Thrax began his reign in
A.D. 235 by massacring many of the friends of the late
emperor, and even all those who showed any regret for his
death. He was a fierce, ignorant barbarian, but was very
successful in his wars against the Germans, having ravaged
their country, and sent great numbers of them to be sold as
slaves in Italy. He also defeated the Dacians (people
from Romania and Moldova, as well as parts of Hungary,
Bulgaria and Ukraine) and
Sarmatians (people from the Steppes). But his severities
produced a revolt in Africa, where the legions proclaimed
their proconsul Gordian emperor, then in the eightieth year
of his age. The Senate now revolted against Maximinus Thrax,
and ordered all his friends in Rome to be put to death.
Maximinus Thrax now made peace with the barbarians, and
marched toward Italy, while, in the mean time, Gordian and
his son were defeated and slain in Africa. The Senate
immediately elected Papianus and Balbinus emperors, to whom,
in order to gratify the people, they joined the younger
Gordian, then only twelve years of age. Maximinus Thrax
entered Italy and besieged Aquileia, but his soldiers, weary
of the length of the siege, put him to death in A.D. 238.
Dynasties of Roman Emperors -
Crisis of the Third Century (235 - 284)
The Crisis of the Third
Century was the period in Roman history following the death
of Alexander Severus when Rome entered into the era of
Military Anarchy commonly known as the Crisis of the Third
Century. During the Crisis of the Third Century, lasting
over 50 years, not one
single Emperor died of natural causes. Revolts sprung up in
virtually all of the provinces and ambitious men struggled
for power. During the crisis there were civil wars, street
fights between the citizens of Rome and soldiers of the
imperial guard, fierce foreign enemies, plagues,
famines, fire and earthquakes.
Dynasties of Roman Emperors -
Year of the Six Emperors (238)
The Year of the Six
Emperors (238) and the start of the Barracks Emperors. There
were six emperors in 238 AD and each of them were officially
recognized by the Roman Senate. Their names were Maximinus
Thrax, Gordian I, Gordian II, Balbinus, Pupienus and Gordian
III. By the end of the Year of the Six Emperors five had
died a violent and bloody death leaving the 13 year old
Gordian III as the sole Roman Emperor.
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