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 II (section Revolt against Maximinus Thrax)
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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Year of the Six Emperors (section Maximinus Thrax)
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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Pay (Roman army) (section Maximinus Thrax (235))
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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Gaius Julius Verus Maximus (redirect from Maximinus the Younger)
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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