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    Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus "Thrax" (c. 173 – 238) was a Roman emperor from 235 to 238. Born of Thracian origin – given the nickname Thrax ("the Thracian")...
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    Gordian I in 238 AD, the Year of the Six Emperors. Seeking to overthrow Maximinus Thrax, he died in battle outside Carthage. Since he died before his father...
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    implementation of reforms in 285. The emperor at the beginning of the year was Maximinus Thrax, who had ruled since March 235. Later sources claim he was a cruel...
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  • Hellenistic grammarian Maximinus Thrax (c. 173–238), Roman emperor from Moesia Leo I Eastern Roman emperor Justin I Eastern Roman emperor Thrax (mythology), a...
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    that many of the soldiers of Pannonian origin, who were very devoted to Maximinus, felt that Alexander was depending too much on his mother's power and...
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    Germania Superior, Maximinus Thrax was acclaimed emperor. In the following years, there was a growing opposition against Maximinus in the Roman Senate...
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    Maximinus Thrax, has been identified as his youngest son. These consulships in the family, across the reigns of Severus Alexander and Maximinus Thrax...
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    Verus Maximus (217/220 – May 238) was the son of the Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax and his wife, Caecilia Paulina. The unreliable Historia Augusta claims...
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    full name as emperor was "Galerius Valerius Maximinus". Modern scholarship often refers to him as "Maximinus Daza", though this particular form is not attested...
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    of the Six Emperors. Caught up in a rebellion against the Emperor Maximinus Thrax, he was defeated in battle and committed suicide after the death of...
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    Alexander and proclaimed the new emperor to be Maximinus Thrax, commander of one of the legions present. Maximinus was the first of the barracks emperors –...
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    Avita Mamaea, and his advisors. After their deaths, the accession of Maximinus Thrax followed. Alexander's death marked the epoch event for the Crisis of...
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    during the persecution of Christians in the reign of the Emperor Maximinus Thrax, Pontian was arrested and sent to the island of Sardinia. He abdicated...
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    the assassination of Maximinus Thrax. After the revolt of Gordian I and Gordian II and ascension of Balbinus and Pupienus, Maximinus marched on Rome. He...
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    Carthage was fought in 238 AD between a Roman army loyal to Emperor Maximinus Thrax and the forces of Emperors Gordian I and Gordian II. Gordian I and...
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    reign of one of two Roman emperors: Severus Alexander (222–235) or Maximinus Thrax (235–38). Archaeologists view the battlefield as a discovery of extraordinary...
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  • Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus may refer to: Maximinus Thrax (c. 173–238), Roman emperor Gaius Julius Verus Maximus (c. 217–238), his son and deputy emperor...
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    238 AD, after Gordian I and his son Gordian II rose up against Emperor Maximinus Thrax and were proclaimed co-emperors by the Roman Senate. Gordian II was...
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    began with the assassination of Severus Alexander. Beginning with Maximinus Thrax, there were approximately fourteen barracks emperors in 33 years, which...
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    of senators and Gordian emperors in revolt against Maximinus Thrax. The failure of Maximinus Thrax to win the civil war against the contenders Gordian...
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    While Pupienus marched to Ravenna, where he oversaw the campaign against Maximinus, Balbinus remained in Rome, but failed to keep public order. The sources...
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  • his dominating mother, Julia Avita Mamaea, and their replacement by Maximinus Thrax might have been expected to set back the career of a man who had been...
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    218–222 Severus Alexander 222–235 Only during the reign of Maximinus Thrax Maximinus Thrax 235–238 per senate decree (238) Maximus I Caesar only Philip...
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  • Maximin (redirect from Saint Maximinus)
    dictionary. Maximin or Maximinus or similar may refer to: Maximinus Thrax (173–238), Roman emperor, also known as Maximinus I Maximinus II (270–313), Roman...
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  • Syria, former prefect of the Praetorian Guard Elagabalus (218–222) Maximinus Thrax (235–238) in the Rhine, former centurion Gordian I and Gordian II (238)...
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  • generals against Maximinus Thrax and after his murder. 238 – Battle of Carthage – Troops loyal to the Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax defeat and kill his...
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  • Iulia Mamaea are murdered by their own soldiers. The soldiers proclaim Maximinus Thrax as emperor. The Severan dynasty ends, marking the beginning of the...
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    of his immediate imperial predecessors such as Philip the Arab or Maximinus Thrax who did not have extensive administrative experience before assuming...
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  • 238) was a Praetorian Prefect during the reign of the Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax. He is mainly notable for being assassinated in the course of the revolt...
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    Paulina (died in 235/236) was a Roman Empress and consort to Emperor Maximinus Thrax, who ruled in 235–238. Her full titulature, Diva Caecilia Paulina Pia...
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